('with poison') renown king called that way because of an offense committed by his parents relating to sage Aurva. On the word of Aurva, in y o g a with the Supersoul of all vedic knowledge and the enlightened souls, was he with horse-sacrifices of worship with the Lord. His sons were responsible for the place called Gangâsâgara. It was he who gave people of a dubious nature some standing. A certain day was the horse used in the worship, by I n d r a stolen. The proud sons born from Sumati, a wife of Sagara, turned, ordered by their father, the earth up side down in search of the horse, which they found back in the as'râma of sage K a p i l a who burnt them with his fiery look to ashes as they aggressively approached him. To wash away their sins was the G a n g e s brought down after ages of renunciation (see also 9.8 & 9.9).

King Sagar is one of the greatest kings of Suryavansha in the Satya Yuga. He is ancestor to King Dasharatha and Lord Rama (Incarnation of Sree Vishnu).

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