Text 10] The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva
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sumatyās tanayā dṛptāḥ pitur ādeśa-kāriṇaḥ hayam anveṣamāṇās te samantān nyakhanan mahīm
sumatyāḥ tanayāḥ—the sons born of Queen Sumati; dṛptāḥ—very proud of their prowess and influence; pituḥ—of their father (Mahārāja Sagara); ādeśa-kāriṇaḥ—following the order; hayam—the horse (stolen by Indra); anveṣamāṇāḥ—while seeking; te—all of them; samantāt—everywhere; nyakhanan—dug; mahīm—the earth.
TRANSLATION
[King Sagara had two wives, Sumati and Keśini.] The sons of Sumati, who were very proud of their prowess and influence, following the order of their father, searched for the lost horse. While doing so, they dug into the earth very extensively.
TEXTS 9-10
प्रागुदीन्यां दिशि हयं दद्ध्युः कपिलान्तिके ।
एष वाजिहरश्चौर आस्ते मीलितलोचनः ॥ ९ ॥
हन्यतां हन्यतां पाप इति षष्टिसहस्रिणः ।
उदायुधा अभिययुरुन्मिमेष तदा मुनिः ॥ १० ॥
prāg-udīcyām diśi hayam dadṛśuḥ kapilāntike eṣa vāji-haraś caura āste milita-locanaḥ
hanyatām hanyatām pāpa iti ṣaṣṭi-sahasriṇaḥ udāyudhā abhiyayur unmimeṣa tadā muniḥ
prāk-udīcyām—in the northeastern; diśi—direction; hayam—the horse; dadṛśuḥ—they saw; kapila-antike—near the āśrama of Kapila;