 अथ तद्भस्मनां राशिं गङ्गासलिलमुत्तमम्।प्लावयद्धूतपाप्मानस्स्वर्गं प्राप्ता रघूत्तम।। 
 O Best of the Raghus thereafter the holy waters of Ganga inundated those heaps of ashes and the sons of Sagara, purged of their sins, reached heaven" said Viswamitra.      Thus ends the fortythird sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki. 