सर्गः ३७
In which Bhr̥gu grants Sagara sixty thousand sons and one heir, cruel Asamañja drowns children and suffers exile, and Sagara resolves on sacrifice
Viśvāmitra begins Sagara tale for Rāma — Childless Sagara performs tapas with two wives at Himavat — Bhr̥gu grants progeny and fame boon after century — Kēśinī takes single heir, Sumati takes sixty thousand — Sagara honors Bhr̥gu and returns home with wives — Kēśinī bears Asamañja, Sumati bears gourd brood — Nurses raise sixty thousand sons in ghee jars — Asamañja drowns children in Sarayū and faces exile — Aṃśumān wins love of whole world — Sagara resolves to perform sacrifice with priests