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fice, Visvamitra was the Hota, Jamadagni was the Adhvaryu, Vasistha
BrahmS and Ayasya was the Udgata. Indra being pleased gave
a golden chariot to the king. Visvamitra taught Atma Vidya to
Haris Chandra and he attained liberation.
[The story of Haris Chandra in this Purana follows the vedic
version. The gist of the story is that in the course of further evo-
lution the Devas were to be propitiated by human sacrifice. But
this sacrifice did not mean killing. It was the complete offering
of oneself up to the service of the gods. The mission of the human
victim is to constantly work for the good of the Universe and to
extinguish his own personality. Sunah s*epha was not killed in the
sacrifice. He was offered up to the service of the gods. After the
sacrifice, he was called Devarata i. e. one offered to the Devas. Visva-
mitra adopted Devarata as his own son and he asked his hundred
sons to accept him as their eldest brother. He disowned those sons
that did not obey him (Bhagavata IX-i6). Therefore Visvamitra
took the principal part in this sacrifice and not Vasistha, though he
was the family preceptor.]
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His enemies dispossesed Bahuka of his kingdom. He went
to the forest accompanied by his wives. When he died, the eldest
queen prepared herself for death also. Rishi Aurva knew her to be
bijfvwith child, and dissuaded her from accompanying her husband on
to trie funeral pyre. The co-wives of the queen, out of jealousy, gave
her poison. The child was born with this poison, therefore he was
called Sagara (Sa = with, gara = poison.) Sagara became a great king.
The Seas were dug by his sons. He was prevented by Rishi Aurva
from taking the lives of the Talajanghas, Yavanas, Sakas, Haihayas,
and Barbars. But he made them change their outward look. He
performed an Asvamedha sacrifice as advised by Aurva and Indra
stole the sacrificial horse.
Sagara had two wives Sumati and Kesini. The 60 thousand
sons of Sumati searched for the horse on all sides. They dug the
earth's surface and made the Seas. They found the horse near
Kapila. They took him to be the stealer of the horse and abused
him. For this they were all burnt up.
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