स राजा सगरो नाम यः समुद्रमखानयत्। इष्टा पर्वणि वेगेन त्रासयान इमाः प्रजाः॥
sa rājā sagaro nāma yaḥ samudramakhānayat| iṣṭā parvaṇi vegena trāsayāna imāḥ prajāḥ||
English Meaning
The name of that king is Sagara, who having been initiated in a sacrifice excavated the ocean, frightening the people with the vehemence of his operations.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)