Sarga 38: The Sons of Sagara
Sagara Putra Janma
King Sagara, childless despite two wives, receives Bhrigu's boon of one lineage-son and sixty thousand sons; Keshini bears Asamanja, Sumati bears the sixty thousand from a gourd; Asamanja is banished for cruelty, and Sagara resolves to perform a horse sacrifice.
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एवं पापसमाचारस्सज्जनप्रतिबाधक:।।1.38.21।। पौराणामहिते युक्त: पुत्रो निर्वासित: पुरात्।
Meaning
With such wicked conduct, an obstacle to good people, harmful to the citizens, this son was banished from the city.
तस्य पुत्रोंऽशुमान्नाम असमञ्जस्य वीर्यवान्।।1.38.22।। सम्मत स्सर्वलोकस्य सर्वस्यापि प्रियंवद:।
Meaning
Asamanja's valiant son was named Anshuman, esteemed by all the world and gentle-spoken to everyone.
तत: कालेन महता मतिस्समभिजायत।।1.38.23।। सगरस्य नरश्रेष्ठ यजेयमिति निश्चिता।
Meaning
Best of men, after a long time, a resolve arose in Sagara: he decided that he would perform a great sacrifice.
स कृत्वा निश्चयं राम सोपाध्यायगणस्तदा।।1.38.24।। यज्ञकर्मणि वेदज्ञो यष्टुं समुपचक्रमे।
Meaning
Rama, having made this resolve, the Veda-knowing king, together with his host of teachers, began to perform the sacrificial rite.