Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Devathanam Vacha: Shruthva
Bhagavan Vai Pithamaha: |
Prathyuvacha Susamsthran
Krithantha Bala Mohithan ||
Yasya Iyam Vasudha Kruthasna
Vasudevasya Dheematha: |
Mahishi Madhavasya Sa Yesha Sa
Yeva Bhagavan Prabhu: ||
Kapilam Roopam Asyaya Dharayathya
Anisham Dharam |
Thasya Kopagnina Dhagdha
Bhavishyanthi Nrupathmaja ||
Maharishi Vishwamithra continued
“ The illustrious Lord Brahma narrated after listening to the deities that the
living creatures who are bewildered at the might of the sons of Emperor Sagara
is belongs to the Mother of Earth who is the clairvoyant of Vasudeva, consort
of Madhava was propelled from the ocean.
Therefore, Lord Vishnu will assume the form of Sage Kapila and the
furious Sage will burn down all the sons of Emperor Sagara into ashes. The complete destruction of Earth as well as
the sons of Sagara will take place as prophesied by the ancient people. All the
thirty three deities were returned to their abodes peacefully after listening
to the reassuring words of Lord Brahma.
There were deafening noises like thunder bolt was evident while ripping
off the Earth by the sons of Sagara, they hollowed the Earth and marched
through it in search of the ritual horse, did not find any trace of the horse,
ultimately returned to their father. The
princes of Sagara informed their father about the entire happenings on the
Earth and its living creatures, like deities, demons, Rakshas, Paishacha,
Uraga, Pannaga were ruined but the ritual horse was not found and sought his
advice to carry out further proceedings. The most infuriated Emperor Sagara ordered his
sons to continue the process of excavation with all safety measures and return
after accomplishing the task with the ritual horse. The sixty thousand sons of Emperor Sagara
hurried to Rasathala and netherworld after receiving the command from their
father. The digging process continued,
there appeared a elephant Virupaksha has the resemblance of the mountain,
carrying eastern side of the earth with mountains and woods, when it move its
head due to fatigue or at intervals will results earth quake. Oh! Rama, they circumambulated the elephant
Virupaksha which is the protector of eastern regions with utmost reverence and
proceeded to netherworld by splintering the Earth and moved on to southern
regions, there found the elephant Mahapadma similar to a huge mountain carrying
the entire part of the south on its head, they circumambulated the elephant
Mahapadma and moved towards westwards scraping the Earth. There too they had witnessed a huge elephant
Sumanasa which is the protector of western regions; they circumambulated with
reverence and moved on to northern direction.
Oh! Rama, in the northern region they found a snow-white elephant Bhadra
with an auspicious marks on its body, they reverentially circumambulated Bhadra
and started to burrow the surface of the Earth.
They moved to the auspicious Eashana Dhigbhaga/northeast direction and
continued scraping the Earth stridently.
Oh! Rama, the virtuous sons of Sagara envisioned Vasudeva who was
assumed the form of Sage Kapila in the northeast and also witnessed the ritual horse;
it brought immense delight in them. They
were in extreme wrath approached Sage Kapila with all those fierce weapons and
mistreating him as the thief of ritual horse.
Oh! Raghunandhan, Sage Kapila who has the divine power of Lord Vishnu
furiously released a ‘hum’ sound, instantly all the sons of Emperor Sagara
turned into a heap of ashes.”
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
