श्रीशुक उवाच
अंशुमांश्च तपस्तेपे गङ्गानयनकाम्यया ।
कालं महान्तं नाशक्नोत् ततः कालेन संस्थितः ॥१॥

Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
amÅ›umÄmÅ› ca tapas tepe
gaá¹…gÄnayana-kÄmyayÄ
kÄlaá¹ mahÄntaá¹ nÄÅ›aknot
tataḥ kÄlena saá¹sthitaḥ

 Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; amÅ›umÄn - the king named AmÅ›umÄn; ca - also; tapaḥ tepe - executed austerity; gaá¹…gÄ - the Ganges; Änayana-kÄmyayÄ - with a desire to bring the Ganges to this material world to deliver his forefathers; kÄlam - time; mahÄntam - for a long duration; na - not; aÅ›aknot - was successful; tataḥ - thereafter; kÄlena - in due course of time; saá¹sthitaḥ - died.


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Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« continued: King Aá¹Å›umÄn, like his grandfather, performed austerities for a very long time. Nonetheless, he could not bring the Ganges to this material world, and thereafter, in due course of time, he died.

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