Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.714

c9.714

The people of Ayodhyā lived scattered here and there in fear of Tālajaṅgha, and disgusted with such an existence, they came together and took refuge with Vasiṣṭha, who told them that king Subāhu had expired in Aurva’s āśrama, but that his son Sagara was there in the āśrama. He further advised them to bring Sagara back and reconquer Ayodhyā. Yādavī wept at the sight of the people from Ayodhyā and they insisted upon Sagara’s return to the state as their king. They waited in the āśrama for five days for Sagara. Then Sagara and his mother, with the blessings of the Sage, returned to Ayodhyā along with the people. Sagara fought Tālajaṅgha, reconquered Ayodhyā and crowned himself as king. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapters 20 to 23).