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Sagara's 60,000 sons burnt by Kapila
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60,000 princes died for a horse that Indra had stolen.
Sagara's sixty thousand sons dig through the earth searching for the stolen ritual horse. In the northeast they find the horse near sage Kapila, who is Vishnu in sage form. Thinking him the thief they charge him with weapons; he responds with a single loud sound and reduces all to ashes.
Who: Sagara, Kapila, Sagara's sons
Bound to
Bhagiratha brings Ganga down causes
Places: Sagara (ocean)
Where this comes from
- valmiki · Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda (valmikiramayan.net translation) sarga 40