'Having been initiated into the sacrifice, I, along with my grandson, Anshuman and other spiritual preceptors will stay here till such time the horse is found. May you be safe' Thus King Sagara instructed to his sixty thousand sons and stayed back at the ritual place. [1-39-16]
ते सर्वे हृष्टमनसो राजपुत्रा महाबलाः | जग्मुर्महीतलं राम पितुर्वचनयंत्रिताः ||१-३९-१७
Oh ! Rama thus commanded by Sagara, the highly powerful princes with cheeful hearts departed in obedience to their father's command in quest of the horse on earth. [1-39-17]
But, oh ! tigerly-man Rama, on going round the earth in its entirety those great-mighty princes did not find that horse, then as said by their father they mapped the earth to a unit of one square yojana for each of them, and each of them hollowed out each and every area on the surface of earth with their arms that have the touch of the diamonds. [1-39-18]
Oh ! Son of the Raghus (Rama), Mother Earth bewailed while she was ruptured with spears also that are similar to thunderbolts, besides with very gruelling ploughs. [1-39-19]
नागानां वध्यमानानामसुराणां च राघव | राक्षसानां च दुर्धर्षः सत्त्वानां निनदोऽभवत् ||१-३९-२०
Oh ! Raghava, there emerged an unbearable rumpus from the serpents, asura-s, demons, and other beings living underneath the surface of earth, while they were killed during hollowing the earth. [1-39-20]