सर्गः ६०
In which Viśvāmitra shifts austerities to Puṣkara while Ambarīṣa buys willing Śunaḥśēpa after Indra steals his victim
Viśvāmitra abandons south and performs fierce austerities at Puṣkara — Ambarīṣa begins sacrifice and Indra steals sacrificial animal — Priest orders human victim as expiation before rite lapses — Ambarīṣa searches kingdoms offering herds for victim — Ambarīṣa finds R̥cīka with wife and sons at Bhr̥gutuṅga — R̥cīka refuses eldest and wife shields youngest — Middle son Śunaḥśēpa volunteers for sale — Ambarīṣa buys Śunaḥśēpa for hundred thousand cows and departs by chariot