Sargam [Chapter]: 32 Kushnabha's Story [Sage Viśvāmitra tells the story of great King Kuśanabha and his Hundred Daughters. When the Wind God proposes to them, they reject saying that they would marry only one whom their father approves. Wind god curses them to be disfigured.] "As ascetic of a great order called Kuśa was the brain child of Lord Brahma.

Sargam [Chapter]: 33 Kuśanabha's Daughters Marriage [When the daughters inform this to King Kuśanabha, he searches for a suitable groom for them and gives them in marriage to King Brahma Dutta, who was the son of a sage and an Apsarās. As soon as he touches their hands, they get rid of their curse.] "After hearing the words of great

Sargam [Chapter]: 34 King Gādhi's Story [King Kuśanabha then does a Puthrakameshti and gets a son called Gādhi and a daughter called Sathyavathi. Sage Viśvāmitra is the son of Gādhi and his sister became a river called Kauśikī. They reach the banks of river Kauśikī, where Viśvāmitra normally does penance.] "After the marriage ceremony and departure of Brahma Dutta, King

Sargam [Chapter]: 35 Ganga's Story [Rāma along with the sages reach the banks of River Ganges and they stay there for a night. When Rāma asks about the River Ganges, Viśvāmitra starts telling him about the river. He tells them that she was the first daughter of Himalayas and as per the request of devas, she becomes a river and

Sargam [Chapter]: 36 Kārtikeya’s Birth Story [Shiva and Uma lead a married life but no children are born to them. Worried that all the three worlds would be destroyed if a son to both of them is born, at the request of devas, the earth receives the seed of Shiva, who flowers in to a God within fire. That God

Sargam [Chapter]: 37 Kārtikeya’s Birth [Devas who needed a commander to their army approached Brahma and he asked them to make the seed of Shiva which was with fire God to be placed in the wombs of Ganga. Since she was not able to tolerate his heat, he was slid down on the rivers and for suckling him the Krittikā

Sargam [Chapter]: 38 King Sāgara’s Story [King Sāgara of Ayodhyā has two wives Kesini and Sumathi. After penance Kesini gets one son called Asamanjā and Sumathi gets sixty thousand sons called Sāgaras. Asamanjā was mischievous and is banished from the country. King Sāgara decided to do Aśvamedha Yajña.] After relating that story to Rāma, the son of Kuśika again spoke

Sargam [Chapter]: 39 Horse Search and Digging of Earth [The horse is left and Amśumān, the son of Asamanjā goes behind it. Indra steals the horse and hides it. The sixty thousand Sāgaras are asked to dig the earth and search for the horse. The earth and devas complain about it to Lord Brahma.] Having heard Viśvāmitra, the pleased Rāma

Sargam [Chapter]: 40 Sāgaras and Sage Kapila [Lord Brahma consoles them and tells that the Sāgaras would be killed by sage Kapila. When they were not able to find the horse, they return to King Sāgara who asks them to dig further. After digging up to Rasātala in all four directions, they start digging in the north east. There they