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

Then again that royal saint, crowned with qualities; of austerities like to mine, ever abiding by his Ksatriya duties, even Dilipa's self, your exceedingly puissant sire.

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

दिलीपेन	दिलीप (३.१)
महाभाग	महाभाग (८.१)
तव	त्वद् (६.१)
पित्रातितेजसा	पितृ (३.१)–अतितेजस् (३.१)
पुनर्	पुनर् (अव्ययः)
न	न (अव्ययः)
शङ्किता	शङ्कित (√शङ्क् + क्त, १.१)
नेतुं	नेतुम् (√नी + तुमुन्)
गङ्गां	गङ्गा (२.१)
प्रार्थयतानघ	प्रार्थयत् (√प्र-अर्थय् + शतृ, ३.१)–अनघ (८.१)

छन्दः

अनुष्टुप् [८]

छन्दोविश्लेषणम्

१	२	३	४	५	६	७	८
दि	ली	पे	न	म	हा	भा	ग
त	व	पि	त्रा	ति	ते	ज	सा
पु	न	र्न	श	ङ्कि	ता	ने	तुं
ग	ङ्गां	प्रा	र्थ	य	ता	न	घ