Chapter 21 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 21

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 21.30

अस्माकं तु कुले पूर्व सगरस्याज्ञया पितुः। खनद्भिः सागरैर्भूमिमवाप्तः सुमहान् वधः॥

asmākaṃ tu kule pūrva sagarasyājñayā pituḥ| khanadbhiḥ sāgarairbhūmimavāptaḥ sumahān vadhaḥ||

English Meaning

In our line the descendants of Sagara, at the command of their father, met with signal destruction, while digging the earth.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)