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Sarg 40 - Gangaa Story-7 - Sagar's Sons Are Burned

Brahmaa Jee said - "Hey Indra, This Prithvi belongs to Vaasudev. He is the Swaamee of Prithvi (She is supposed to be another consort of Vishnu. He supports it in the form of Kapil. Only He will kill those 60,000 sons of Raajaa Sagar. Prithvi has been dug in every Kalp so you don't need to worry about it." Hearing this all the 33 Devtaa went back to their Lok and Sagar's sons continued to dig Prithvi.

After digging the whole Earth they came to their father and said to him - "We have tried our best but we couldn't find the thief." Raajaa got very angry hearing this, he said - "Go again, and find it. Break the whole Prithvi into pieces and find the horse."

They again started digging the Prithvi. They saw a huge elephant, Viroopaaksh who bore Prithvi on his forehead. When the elephant got hurt the Prithvi also shook. It created earthquakes. They circumambulated him and headed towards south. They saw another elephant there. His name was Mahaapadm. They circumambulated him also and headed towards west. There also they found an elephant named Saumanas. They went toward north, there also they found a white colored elephant, named Bhadra. They touched him respectfully and circumambulated also.

They continued digging and found their horse grazing nearby in northeast direction. Kapil Muni was sitting nearby that horse. They thought that Kapil Muni stole their horse so they ran towards Him to kill Him, but Kapil Muni's one glance burned them all."

Sarg 41 - Anshumaan Finds His Uncles

Vishwaamitra Jee further said - "Hey Raam, When Raajaa Sagar's children didn't return, he sent his grandson Anshumaan to find about his uncles and the horse, and kill the thief. He blessed him saying, "you salute who are worthy to be saluted and and kill the cause of obstructions" and told him to carry his weapons along. Anshumaan went immediately to find his uncles and the horse following the dug land.

He saw an elephant on his way. He greeted him and asked his welfare, then asked about his uncles and the horse. All elephants blessed him to be successful in his mission and that he should return with the horse.

Anshumaan arrived at the place where his uncles were burned carrying blessings of all the four elephants. Anshumaan got very sad, he cried, he saw his horse also grazing nearby. He wished to perform last rites of his uncles so he started searching for water. He couldn't find the water but he saw his father's maternal uncle (Maamaa) Garud Jee. 

Vinataa-Putra Garud Jee said - "Hey Prince, It is foolishness to cry for them, because they are killed by Kapil Jee for the welfare of the world. Therefore you do their Tarpan with Gangaa water so that they can go to Swarg through Gangaa. You may take your horse and complete the Yagya of your grandfather."

Anshumaan came back with the horse and told everything to his grandfather. Raajaa Sagar completed his Yagya and came back to Ayodhyaa. He could not decide anything about Gangaa and died after ruling the kingdom for 30,000 years.

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