Having renounced all actions and their consequences, and dedicating himself wholly to the Blessed One—who is pure, unborn, without beginning or end, unchanging, and beyond death—he attained the supreme, endless, and immutable state of Acyuta. Thus, the account relating to Māndhātṛ's daughter has been told. Whoever remembers, recites, teaches, listens to, causes to be heard, holds in mind, understands, writes, causes to be written, studies, or instructs this story of Saubhari will, for six births, be free from bad offspring, false dharma, or attachment to unworthy causes, and neither his speech nor his mind will stray from the right path. Now, the lineage of Māndhātu’s sons is described. Yuvanāśva was the son of Ambarīṣa, who was the son of Māndhātu. From Yuvanāśva came Hārīta, and from Hārīta descended the Hāritas of the Aṅgiras lineage. Meanwhile, in the netherworld, there were Gandharvas known as the Mauneyas, numbering sixty crores. These powerful beings seized the sovereignty and chief jewels of all the Nāga clans. Beset by the might of these Gandharvas, the serpent kings, fearful and troubled, approached the Lord of all gods. They found Him reclining upon the waters, His lotus eyes half-open in the state between sleep and awakening, and they paid Him reverent homage. “Lord,” they said, “we are afflicted by fear of these Gandharvas. How will our fear be pacified?” The Blessed One, the supreme and eternal Person, replied, “I will enter Purukutsa, son of Yuvanāśva and descendant of Māndhātu, and through him I will bring about the destruction of these wicked Gandharvas.” Hearing this assurance, the serpent kings, after paying their respects to the Lord reclining on the waters, returned to the realm of the Nāgas. They then urged the river Narmadā to bring Purukutsa to them. Narmadā led Purukutsa to the netherworld, and, empowered by the Lord’s energy, Purukutsa destroyed all the Gandharvas there. Having accomplished this, he returned again to his own city. In gratitude, all the lords of serpents granted a boon to Narmadā: whoever, united in remembrance, utters her name shall have no fear of snake venom. There is a verse about this: “Salutations to Narmadā in the morning, salutations to Narmadā at night; salutations to you, Narmadā—protect me from venomous serpents.” By reciting this verse day and night, or when entering darkness, one is not bitten by serpents, nor does poison harm those who have performed this remembrance. The serpent lords also granted a boon that Purukutsa’s lineage would never be broken. From Purukutsa and Narmadā was born Trasaddasyu. Trasaddasyu’s son was Anaraṇya. It was Anaraṇya whom Rāvaṇa killed during his conquest of the directions. From Anaraṇya came Pṛṣadaśva, whose son was Haryaśva. Haryaśva’s son was Hasta, whose son was Sumanā. From Sumanā came Tridhanvā, from Tridhanvā came Trayyāruṇi, and from Trayyāruṇi came Satyavrata, who became known as Triśaṃku. Triśaṃku, in his time, attained the state of a caṇḍāla. During a twelve-year drought, to sustain Viśvāmitra’s wife and children and to avoid accepting gifts from caṇḍālas, he daily hunted deer at the banyan tree on the bank of the Jahnavi. Greatly pleased by his actions, Viśvāmitra took Triśaṃku bodily to heaven. From Triśaṃku came Hariścandra; from him, Rohitāśva; then Harita; from Harita, Caṃcu; from Caṃcu, Vijayavasudeva; from Vijayavasudeva, Ruruka; from Ruruka, Vṛka. Vṛka’s son was Bāhu, who was defeated by the Haihayas, Tāla-jaṃghas, and others, and so entered the forest with his wife. To prevent conception, Bāhu’s co-wife gave poison to his wife. Yet, by her, the embryo remained in the womb for seven years. Bāhu, weakened by age, died near the hermitage of the sage Aurva. His wife, after preparing the funeral pyre and placing her husband upon it, resolved to follow him in death. At that moment, the venerable Aurva—knower of the threefold time: past, present, and future—emerged from his hermitage and addressed her: “Enough, enough of this wrongful resolve! Within your womb abides a universal emperor, lord of the whole earth, of immense strength and valor, performer of many sacrifices, destroyer of enemy hosts.” Thus admonished, “You must not act so rashly and determinedly,” she abandoned her intention to follow her husband in death. The sage brought her into his hermitage, and within a few days, a boy of great brilliance was born from that very embryo. Aurva performed his birth rites and other ceremonies, and named him Sagara. When Sagara’s sacred thread was invested, Aurva taught him the Vedas, the scriptures, and the Bhārgava missile known as Āgneya.