Sagara keeps his vow - Verse 4
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 48 · Verse 4
Sanskrit Original
श्रुत्वा राजा स्वराज्यं निजगुरुमवजित्यारिभिः संगृहीतं मात्रा सार्द्धं प्रयान्तं वनमतिगहनंस्वर्गतं तं च तस्मिन। शोकाविष्टः सरोषं सकलरिपुकुलोच्छित्तये सत्प्रतिज्ञश्चके सद्यः प्रतिज्ञां परिभवमनलं सोढुमिक्ष्वाकुवंश्यः।।
śrutvā rājā svarājyaṃ nijagurumavajityāribhiḥ saṃgṛhītaṃ mātrā sārddhaṃ prayāntaṃ vanamatigahanaṃsvargataṃ taṃ ca tasmin| śokāviṣṭaḥ saroṣaṃ sakalaripukulocchittaye satpratijñaścake sadyaḥ pratijñāṃ paribhavamanalaṃ soḍhumikṣvākuvaṃśyaḥ||
Jaimini said: On hearing that his kingdom had been annexed by the enemies after vanquishing his father, that he had fled to the dense forest along with his (king Sagara’s) mother and that he had passed away in the same forest, the king became grief-stricken. Habitually, true to his promise, he angrily took the vow of exterminating the entire race of his enemies. A king belonging to the family of Ikṣvāku is unable to bear the fire of discomfiture.