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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.37.2

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 37: Story of Sagara: One heir and sixty thousand sons. Sagara’s wives choose one dynastic heir or sixty thousand sons, the many grow in ghee-filled pots while Asamañja is banished for killing children

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra continues with Rāma's Ikṣvāku ancestor Sagara, the childless King of Ayodhyā

1.37.2

ayodhyādhipatiḥ śūraḥ pūrvam āsīn narādhipaḥ
sagaro nāma dharmātmā prajākāmaḥ sa cāprajaḥ

Formerly there was a valiant king, lord of Ayodhyā, Sagara by name, righteous of soul, longing for offspring, yet childless.

Words: ayodhyādhipatiḥ — lord of Ayodhyā; śūraḥ — valiant, a hero; pūrvam — formerly; āsīn — there was; narādhipaḥ — king, lord of men; sagaro — Sagara; nāma — by name; dharmātmā — righteous of soul; prajākāmaḥ — longing for offspring; sa — he; cāprajaḥ — and (yet) childless

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.