Ramayana
पूर्वकेण हि ते राजंस्तेनातियशसा तदा । धर्मिणां प्रवरेणाथ नैष प्राप्तो मनोरथः ॥ १-४४-८
- Your ancestor Sagara was a highly glorious one and a best one among righteous persons, oh ! king, even then he had not achieved this aspiration of alighting Ganga in his lifetime. - ॥ 1-44-8॥
english translation
pUrvakeNa hi te rAjaMstenAtiyazasA tadA । dharmiNAM pravareNAtha naiSa prApto manorathaH ॥ 1-44-8
hk transliteration by Sanscript