Hearing the proposal, all the gods, led by Indra, gave their assent, saying, “So be it.” Then Indra, taking the form of a mighty bull, allowed the valiant Purañjaya to mount his hump. Empowered by the energy of the blessed, imperishable teacher of all beings, Purañjaya entered the great battle between the gods and the demons. There, standing upon the bull’s hump, he unleashed his strength and destroyed the army of the daityas. Because of this feat—standing on the hump while vanquishing the foe—he became known as Kakutstha. Kakutstha’s line continued, for he had a son named Anenāḥ. In the same lineage, Pṛthu’s son was Anenasa, whose own son was Viṣṭarāśva. Viṣṭarāśva’s son was Cāṃdra Yuvanāśva, who in turn fathered Śāvasta. Śāvasta was renowned for founding the city of Śāvastī. His son was Bṛhadaśva, whose son was Kuvalayāśva. Kuvalayāśva, endowed with the energy of Viṣṇu and accompanied by his twenty-one thousand sons, confronted the asura named Duṃdhu, the enemy of the great sage Uḍaka. In a fierce battle, Kuvalayāśva slew Duṃdhu and thus earned the name Duṃdumāra. Yet, in that struggle, all his sons were consumed by the fiery breath of Duṃdhu, save for three—Dṛḍhāśva, Candra, and Kapilāśva. From Vṛḍhāśva arose Haryaśva, who fathered Nikuṃbha. Nikuṃbha’s son was Amitāśva, and from Amitāśva came Kṛśāśva. Kṛśāśva’s son was Prasenajit, who begot Yuvanāśva. Yuvanāśva, however, was troubled by the absence of an heir. Filled with sorrow, he took refuge in the hermitages of the sages, where the compassionate wise men undertook a sacrifice to grant him a child. When the midnight hour arrived and the ritual was complete, the sages placed a vessel filled with water, purified by sacred mantras, at the center of the altar and went to rest. During the night, tormented by great thirst, King Yuvanāśva entered the hermitage. He did not disturb the slumbering sages, but, overcome by thirst, he drank from the vessel, unaware of its purpose and power. When the sages awoke and found the vessel empty, they asked, “Who has drunk this water, purified by mantra?” At that moment, a divine voice declared that the wife of King Yuvanāśva would bear a son of great strength and valor. The king, realizing what had transpired, confessed, “I drank it unknowingly.” Astonishingly, a fetus began to develop in Yuvanāśva’s own belly and grew day by day. When the time came, the child broke forth from the king’s abdomen with his right thumb and emerged into the world, and the king passed away. The sages gathered and wondered, “What name shall we give him?” Then Indra, king of the gods, appeared and proclaimed, “He will sustain me.” Thus, the child was named Mādhātṛ. Indra placed his own finger, flowing with nectar, at the infant’s mouth and let him drink. Nourished by this divine sustenance, Mādhātṛ grew to maturity in a single day. Māndhātṛ, as he came to be known, became a universal emperor, ruling over the earth with its seven continents. A verse is remembered in his honor: “As long as the sun rises and sets, and as long as it endures, all that is called the domain of Yuvanāśva’s Māndhātṛ.” Māndhātṛ took Bindumatī, the daughter of Shatabindu, as his queen. From her, he had three sons—Purukutsa, Ambarīsha, and Muchukunda—and fifty daughters as well. At that time, the great sage Saubhari, deeply learned and devoted to many hymns, dwelt in the waters for twelve years. There, in those waters, lived Sammada, a fish of remarkable size and fertility, lord among his kind.