Verse 23·VR 1.40.23

समालभ्य ततः सर्वे कृत्वा चैनं प्रदक्षिणम् | षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राणि बिभिदुर्वसुधातलम् || १-४०-२३

te tam haya haram GYaatvaa krodha paryaakula iikShaNaaH | khanitra laaMgalaa dhara naanaa vR^iksha shilaa dharaaH || 1-40-27 abhyadhaavanta saMkruddhaaH tiShTha tiShTha iti ca abruvan |

Translation

On touching that elephant reverently and also circumambulating it, those sixty thousands sons of Sagara further burrowed to the surface of the earth. [1-40-23]

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tataH sarve

then, all

SaSTiH putrasahasraaNi

sixty thousand sons

enam

it - elephant

samaalabhya

on touching [reverently]

pradakSiNam kR^itvaa ca

on making circumambulations \t\t\t[to elephant], also

vasudhaatalam bibhiduH

burrowed earth's \t\t\tsurface.

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Sage Kapila burns the sons of Sagara

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