His name was King “Sagar” or famously known as “सगर राजा”.
After conquering the great lands of bharat he decided to perform the famous Ashwamedha Yagna , and as per practice of the yagna he left a Horse to roam about in the lands , as fate would have it overcome by jealousy this horse was kidnapped by Lord Indra himself and hid in Kapil hrishi’s ashram.
Angered by this Sagar Raja sent his sons all 60,000 of them to search for the horse and in their search of it they reached Kapil Hrishi’s Ashram.
Disturbed and troubled by the sons of Sagar Raja the sage in a fit of rage burned them all just by looking at them.
After learning about this the King was heartbroken.
Being in a drought affected area a sad Sagar Raja prayed to Lord Brahma for water so as to perform the Jaldana for his 60,000 sons and So Ganga took birth , but Ganga was very headstrong and in her prime wanted to destroy anything that came in her path, In a fit a rage lord Shiva held her up and tied her down in his locks.
Now Sagar Raja again with a heavy heart prayed again to Lord Shiva but he soon died,
His only other son who was left Asmanjeya continued his fathers Penance but he too withered away,
Then his Son Anshuman followed suit and even he too passed away,
The next heir to the throne King Dilip continued the task but alas he too couldn’t please Lord Shiva and soon left for the heavenly abode with time,
Then came Bhageerath the 5th Generation after Sagar Raja and as one knows Ganga is also named Bhageerathi , its after this King Bhageerath she is named so because Bhageerath by his prayers was able to please lord Shiva and shiva let a single stream of Ganga from his locks and thus King Sagars dream of Jaldana for his 60,000 sons was realised by his great great great grandson Bhageerath.
A herculean effort one would say or as Ami Ganatra Says a “Bhageerath Prayas”
It took 5 generations for an effort started by Sagar Raja to fructify eventually.
Imagine the patience put in. The amount of discipline, dedication and determination required to be passed on from generation to generation.
We witnessed something similar in our generation but much like many things that happen around us we failed to relate to it and unless one draws parallels it’s really difficult to comprehend the magnanimity of the event.
Ram Mandir was opened on 22nd Jan 2024 it was after almost 496 years that Ram Mandir was rebuilt.
If one takes into account a lifespan of 100 years which in times of Sagar Raja was very common , it would be fair to say that it took almost 5 generations to rebuild the temple. It took a herculean effort no doubt or to simply say a “Bhageerath Prayas”
Great things happened in the land of Ram and now that Ram Mandir is Back let us witness the greatness and Magnanimity of our Land once again.
P.S.: JAI SHREE RAM 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Jai Shri Ram
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