सगर
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 पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
सगरः, पुं, (गरेण सह वर्त्तमानः ।) अर्हद्भेदः । इति हेमचन्द्रः ॥ सूर्य्यवंशीयराजविशेषः । स तु अयोध्याधिपतिबाहुराजपुत्त्रः तस्योत्पत्त्यादि यथा, -- एका षष्टिसहस्राणि सुतमेकं तथा परा ॥ गृह्णातु वंशकर्त्तारं प्रभा गृह्णाद्बहूं स्तथा । एकं भानुमतीपुत्त्रमगृह्णादसमञ्जसम् ॥ ततः षष्टिसहस्राणि सुषुवे यादवी प्रभा । खनन्तः पृथिवीं दग्धा विष्णुना येऽश्वमार्गणे ॥ असमञ्जसस्तु तनयः अंशुमान् नाम विश्रुतः । तस्य पुत्त्रो दिलीपस्तु दिलीपात्तु भगीरथः ॥ येन भागीरथी गङ्गा तपः कृत्वावतारिता । भगीरयस्य तनयो नाभाग इति विश्रुतः ॥” इति मात्स्ये १२ अध्यायः ॥
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
सगर¦ पु॰ सह गरेण विषेण जातः।
१ सूर्य्यवंश्ये नृपभेदे
“सगरात् सागरोजातः” इति पुराणम्। स च सुबाहु-नामराजतः यादव्यां जातः ततसपत्न्या गरदाने-ऽपि स न समार तत्कथा
“तस्या (और्वस्या) श्रमेच सा गभं सुषुवे ज्वलनप्रभम्। व्यजायत महाबाहु-र्गरेणैव सह द्विज!। सगरो नाम तेनाभूत् बालको-ऽतिमनोहरः” पद्मपु॰
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
सगर¦ mfn. (-रः-रा-रं) Poisonous. m. (-रः) A sovereign of Ayod'hya4, [Page749-a+ 60] the father of ASAMANJA by KE4S4INI4, and sixty-thousand sons by SUMATI: the latter being turned into a heap of ashes by the sage KAPILA. GARUDA instructed the king to perform their funer- al ceremonies with the waters of Ganga4, to be brought from heaven for that purpose; this was finally accomplished by the devotion of BHAGIRAT'HA, the great-grandson of ASAMANJA, who having led the river to the sea, denominated it Sa4gara, in honour of his ancestor. E. स for सह with गर poison; being born together with a poison given to his mother by the other wife of his father.
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
सगर [sagara], a. [गरेण विषेण सहितः] Poisonous, having poison, -रः N. of a king of the Solar race. [He was a son of Bāhu and was called Sagara because he was born together with gara or poison given to his mother by the other wife of his father. By his wife Sumati he had 6 sons. He successfully performed 99 sacrifices but when he commenced the hundredth, his sacrificial horse was stolen by Indra and carried down to the Pātāla. Sagara thereupon commanded his 6 sons to search it out. Finding no trace of the animal on earth they began to dig down towards the Pātāla, and in doing this they naturally increased the boundaries of the ocean which was therefore called Sāgara; cf. R.13.3. Meeting with the sage Kapila they rashly accused him of having stolen their horse, as a punishment for which they were instantly reduced to ashes by that sage. It whas after several thousands of years that Bhagīratha (q. v.) succeeded in bringing down to the Pātāla the celestial river Ganges to water and purify their ashes and thus to convey their souls to heaven.]
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
सगर/ स--गर ( स-). mfn. (for 2. etc. See. below) accompanied by praise (fr. गर, 1. गॄ; said of the fires) VS. ( Sch. ; accord. to others , " swallowing " , " devouring " , fr. गर, 2. गॄ).
सगर/ स-गर mfn. (fr. 7. स+ गर, " poison " , 2. गॄ; for 1. स-गरSee. above ) containing poison , poisonous (n. " poisonous food ") R. BhP.
सगर/ स-गर m. " provided with moisture " , the atmosphere , air RV. TS. Ka1t2h. (See. Naigh. i , 3 )
सगर/ स-गर m. N. of a king of the solar race , sovereign of अयोध्या(son of बाहु; he is said to have been called स-गर, as born together with a poison given to his mother by the other wife of his father ; he was father of असमञ्जby केशिनीand of sixty thousand sons by सु-मति; the latter were turned into a heap of ashes by the sage कपिल[see भगीरथ] , and their funeral ceremonies could only be performed by the waters of गङ्गाto be brought from heaven for the purpose of purifying their remains Page1125,2 ; this was finally accomplished by the devotion of भगीरथ, who having led the river to the sea , called it सागरin honour of his ancestor: सगरis described as having subdued the शकs , यवनs , and other barbarous tribes ; pl. " the sons of सगर") MBh. R. etc. ( IW. 361 )
सगर/ स-गर m. N. of a partic. अर्हत्MW.
सगर m. and f( आ). (for 1. 2. स-ग्See. col. 1) night (?) TS. : S3Br. (in a formula).
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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्। |
--a son of बाहु, (Phalgutantra) born with गर (poison) administered to his mother by the co-wives of her husband and after 7 years' stay in his mother's womb; brought up by sage Aurva; केशिनी was one of his queens and सुमती was another. प्रभा, and भानुमती, mother of Asamanjasa were also his queens. Father of Asamanjasa who was abandoned by his father for misconduct. A Cakravarti. His sons ६०,000 in number by Sumati, excavated the sea and dug all over the earth in their search for the consecrated horse. Helped by Aurva, he propi- tiated Hari with sacrifices. Once Indra stole his sacrificial horse, and this was discovered near Kapila's hermitage in the N. E. by his sons who imputed the theft to the sage. The latter burnt them to ashes. But अम्शुमत्, son of Asaman- jasa got back the horse, and enabled his grandfather to com- plete the sacrifice. Anointed अम्शुमत् on the throne in the [page३-502+ ३८] presence of पौरजानपद and devoted himself to attaining salvation through the path prescribed by Aurva. Greed for more territory; conquered तालजन्घस्, Yavanas, शकस्, Haihayas and Barbaras. On the advice of his guru, वसिष्ठ, he spared their lives but punished them by disfiguring them-- some wholly shaven, and some half-shaven. They became ancestors of Mlecchas and व्रात्यस्. फलकम्:F1: भा. IX. 8 (whole); X. ४१. १५: XII. 3. 9: Br. III. ५२. ३७ Chh. ५३ and ५४ (whole) ५५. २२: ५८. ३७. Vi. III. 8. 3: १७. 1: वी. IV. 3. ३५-41: 4. 1-२९, ३२. ६३. १२१-151: M. १२. ३९-43.फलकम्:/F Realised the yoga power of Hari. फलकम्:F2: भा. II. 7. ४४.फलकम्:/F Addressed by him वसिष्ठ narrated the story of परशुराम. In the case of Haihayas, he conquered the king and burnt the city. When he invaded the Vidarbhas, its king sought alliance by offering his daughter in marriage; was honoured by शुरसेनस् and यादवस्. फलकम्:F3: Br. III. ३१. 1: ४७. ९३-100: Chh. ४८ (whole).फलकम्:/F During his rule, nowhere was heard राज s4abdha; ruled like Dharma himself, maintained castes and orders, earned the title of अष्टमण्डल्- आधिपति; had an erudite assembly. फलकम्:F4: Ib. III. Chh. ४९-51.फलकम्:/F The jewel of the solar race. सुमती brought forth a mass of flesh which ulti- mately through the blessings of Aurva was converted into ६०,000 sons.
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SAGARA : A king of the solar dynasty, Sagara ruled Ayodhyā.
1) Genealogy. Descended from Brahmā thus: Brahmā- Kaśyapa-Vivasvān-Vaivasvata Manu-Ikṣvāku-Vikukṣi- Saśāda-Purañjaya-Kākutstha-Anenas-Pṛthulāśva-Prasena- jit-Yuvanāśva-Māndhātā-Purukutsa-Trasadasyu- Anaraṇya-Aryaśva-Vasumanas-Sudhanvā-Traiyāruṇa- Satyavrata (Triśaṅku)-Hariścandra-Rohitāśva-Harita- Cuñcu-Sudeva-Bharuka-Bāhuka-Sagara.
2) Birth. Bāhuka, father of Sagara, was known as Subāhu also. Sagara was Bāhuka's son by his wife, Yādavī. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 16). Though Sagara was a prince he was born at the āśrama of Aurva, and there was a reason for it.
Subāhu and Yādavī did not have a child for long. But, as a result of many yajñas conducted for the gift of a child, Yādavī conceived. While she was in the seventh month of her pregnancy her co-wife administered poison to her with the result that she did not further advance in pregnancy and deliver in due time. Thus she con- tinued as a pregnant woman for seven years. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 16). The King became an old man. During this period Tālajaṅgha, king of Hehaya, at- tacked Ayodhyā with his army, and Subāhu, despite his old age, fought back. But the fighting grew fiercer. Subāhu found that he would not be able to defeat Tālajaṅgha and so he escaped into the forest with his wife Yādavī. They took shelter in the āśrama of sage Aurva. Subāhu expired there due to old age and Yādavī got ready to follow him in his pyre. The Muni prevented her from doing so by pointing out to her that the child in her womb was a very fortunate one and would become emperor of the seven islands when he grew up to manhood. Yādavī delivered shortly. As the poison (gara) given to her by the co-wife had immobilised her pregnancy for so long Aurva named her child Sagara. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapters 16 and 17).
3) To Ayodhyā. Sage Aurva conducted the Upanayana ceremony of the boy and taught him the Vedas ete. Once Yādavī wept to hear the boy address the muni ‘father’, and when the son asked her the reason for it she told him that the muni was not his father, who was really greater than the muni. She also told him their previous history, and Sagara decided to return to Ayodhyā somehow.
The people of Ayodhyā lived scattered here and there in fear of Tālajaṅgha, and disgusted with such an exis- tence, they came together and took refuge with Vasiṣ- ṭha, who told them that king Subāhu had expired in Aurvāśrama, but that his son Sagara was there in the āśrama. He further advised them to bring Sagara back and reconquer Ayodhyā. Yādavī wept at the sight of the people from Ayodhyā and they insisted upon Sagara's return to the state as their king. They waited in the āśrama for five days for Sagara. Then Sagara and his mother, with the blessings of the Sage, returned to Ayodhyā along with the people. Sagara fought Tālajaṅgha, reconquered Ayodhyā and crowned himself as king. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapters 20 to 23).
4) Family life. Sagara had two wives called Sumati alias Vaidarbhī and Keśinī alias Śaibyā. Sumati was the daughter of Garuḍa.
As he had no issues for long, Sagara, with his wives, went to Himālayas and began doing tapas at Bhṛgupra- sravaṇa mountain. After hundred years Bhṛgu appeared and blessed Sagara that one of his wives would give birth to 60,000 sons and the other to one, who would add to the glory of the dynasty. Sumati chose 60,000 sons and Keśinī the one son.
The king and the queens returned to Ayodhyā and in due course Sumati delivered the son called Asamañjasa who was to bring prosperity to the dynasty. Sumati gave birth to a lump of flesh, which developed into 60,000 children. They were put in pots of ghee and they grew up to become young persons. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bālakānḍa, Canto 33).
Some Purāṇas contain stories somewhat different from the above about the birth of the 60,000 children. e.g. in the 9th Skandha of Devī Bhāgavata, the story is related as follows; “Keśinī delivered the son Asamañjasa and Sumati did not deliver at all. So she did tapas for Śiva for children and because of his bless- ing she conceived. Sumati delivered only hundred years after continuing to be pregnant, and even that was only a piece of flesh, and she began weeping add- ressing Śiva, who appeared before her and cut the mass of flesh into 60,000 parts. Each piece of flesh transformed itself into a very powerful and effulgent man.
5) Loss of children. Kapila turned into ashes the 60,000 sons of Sagara. Bhagīratha revived them. (For details see under Bhagīratha).
6) Triumphal tour. Sagara ruled the kingdom well and while living happily thus with his sons, he set out on a triumphal tour. After conquering the northern regions he moved towards the south, his object being Māhiṣ- matī, Kingdom of the Hehayas. He destroyed the Hehayas completely in battle. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapters 89 and 90).
7) Evening of life. Sagara ruled the kingdom for 300 years. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 91). His son, Asamañjasa was a tormentor of his subjects. In the evening of his life, Sagara transmitted the throne to his grandson Aṁśumān (son of Asamañjasa). The rest of his life he spent in Aurvāśrama with his wife engaged in meditation.
8) Other information.
(i) Sagara worships Yama in his court, (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 19).
(ii) Sagara ousted Asamañjasa from the palace, because he led an immoral life. (Vana Parva, Chapter 107, Verse 89).
(iii) Sagara went to heaven after handing over the throne to Aṁśumān. (Vana Parva, Chapter 107, Verse 64).
(iv) Sagara had gone, in the plane of Indra to Virāṭanagara to witness the fight between Arjuna and Kṛpa. (Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 56, Verse 10).
(v) Śrī Kṛṣṇa once described the yajña and dāna of Sagara. (Śānti Parva, Chapter 29 Verse 130).
(vi) Sagara never ate flesh in his life. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 115, Verse 66).
(vii) He is considered to be one of the kings to be re- membered both at dawn and dusk. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 165, Verse 49).
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