Verse 30·VR 1.40.30

ततस्तेनाप्रमेयेण कपिलेन महात्मना | भस्मराशीकृताः सर्वे काकुत्स्थ सगरात्मजाः || १-४०-३०

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"Oh, Rama of Kakutstha, then that great-souled sage Kapila, rather Vishnu with unimaginable power, has rendered all of those sons of Sagara as heaps of ashes by virtue of his 'hum' sound." Thus Sage Vishvamitra is narrating the legend of Sagara to Rama and others. [1-40-30b, c]

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b, c. kaakutstha

oh Rama of Kakutstha

tataH

then

aprameyeNa

of unimaginable power

mahaatmanaa

by that great-souled one

tena kapilena

by him Kapila

sarve sagaraatmajaaH

all of the, Sagara's sons

bhasmaraashiikR^itaaH

rendered as heaps of ashes.

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Sage Kapila burns the sons of Sagara

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