O Bhagiratha, O mighty monarch, pleased am I with you. O lord' of men, on account of your ardent austerities: do you, O you of excellent vows, ask for the boon you would have.
भगीरथ महाराज प्रीतस्तेऽहं जनाधिप। तपसा च सुतप्तेन वरं वरय सुव्रत॥