अन्वयः

अनघ O Sinless one, महाभाग O Blessed one, राजार्षिणा by the royal saint, गुणवता virtuous, महर्षिसमतेजसा possessing the splendour of a maharshi, मत्तुल्यतपसा equal to me in austerities, क्षत्रधर्मस्थितेन abiding in the duties of a Kshatriya, अतितेजसा by the highly lustrous, गङ्गाम् Ganga, प्रार्थयता beseeching, तव your, पित्रा by father, दिलीपेन by Dilipa, महाभाग O Distinguished one, आनेतुं पुन: for bringing, न शङ्किता it was not made possible.

M N Dutt

O child Ansumat likewise unparalleled in the worlds in energy, had failed in realising his cherished promise of bringing down Gangā.

Summary

O Sinless one (Bhagiratha) O Distinguished one on the part of Dilipa brilliant your father who had the virtuous of a rajarshi, who was equal to a maharshi in splendour, and to me in austerities and abiding to the duties of a kshatriya it was even not possible to bring Ganga through prayer.

पदच्छेदः

राजर्षिणा	राजर्षि (३.१)
गुणवता	गुणवत् (३.१)
महर्षिसमतेजसा	महत्–ऋषि–सम–तेजस् (३.१)
मत्तुल्यतपसा	मद्–तुल्य–तपस् (३.१)
चैव	च (अव्ययः)–एव (अव्ययः)
क्षत्रधर्मस्थितेन	क्षत्र–धर्म–स्थित (√स्था + क्त, ३.१)
च	च (अव्ययः)

छन्दः

अनुष्टुप् [८]

छन्दोविश्लेषणम्

१	२	३	४	५	६	७	८
रा	ज	र्षि	णा	गु	ण	व	ता
म	ह	र्षि	स	म	ते	ज	सा
म	त्तु	ल्य	त	प	सा	चै	व
क्ष	त्र	ध	र्म	स्थि	ते	न	च