rājaṁs tatra vicintyatām
mṛjāmi tad aghaṁ kvāhaṁ
rājaṁs tatra vicintyatām
O King, I do not wish to go down to the planet earth, for there the people will wash their sins into my water. How will I wash away those sins? You must consider some method of doing this.
They will wash off their sins in me. You must think of a method of purifying me of their sins.
|| 9.9.6 ||
śrī-bhagīratha uvāca
sādhavo nyāsinaḥ śāntā
brahmiṣṭhā loka-pāvanāḥ
haranty aghaṁ te 'ṅga-saṅgāt
teṣv āste hy agha-bhid dhariḥ
Bhagīratha said: The peaceful devotees without material attachments, fixed in the Lord, who are purifiers of the world, will remove the sin from your water by bathing in it. The Lord, the destroyer of sin, will destroy the sins that they accumulate.
By bathing in your waters they will remove those sins. Who will remove the sins from them? The Lord, destroyer of sin, will remove them. Without the Lord, sin is not destroyed by holy places or atonements. The story of Ajāmila proves this conclusively.
|| 9.9.7 ||
dhārayiṣyati te vegaṁ
rudras tv ātmā śarīriṇām
yasminn otam idaṁ protaṁ
viśvaṁ śāṭīva tantuṣu
Śiva, the soul of all beings, in whom the universe exists like a cloth with vertical and horizontal threads, will sustain the force of your current.
Even now you remain on his head, so he will sustain your force. In him this universe exists like cloth with vertical and horizontal threads. Śiva as the controller is shown by this example.
|| 9.9.8 ||
ity uktvā sa nṛpo devaṁ
tapasātoṣayac chivam
kālenālpīyasā rājaṁs
tasyeśaś cāśv atuṣyata
After saying this, Bhagīratha satisfied Lord Śiva by performing austerities. O King Parīkṣit, Lord Śiva was quickly satisfied with Bhagīratha.
|| 9.9.9 ||
tatheti rājñābhihitaṁ
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