Vasiṣṭha-gamana
Vasiṣṭha’s Departure / The Episode of Sagara
सक्रोधो ऽपि महीपतिर्गुरुवचः संभावयंस्तानरीन्धर्मस्य स्वकुलोचितस्य च तथा वेषस्य संत्यागतः / श्रौतस्मार्त्तविभिन्नकर्मनिरतान्विप्रैश्च दूरोञ्झितान्सासून्केवलमत्यजन्मृतसमानेकैकशः पार्थिवान्
sakrodho 'pi mahīpatirguruvacaḥ saṃbhāvayaṃstānarīndharmasya svakulocitasya ca tathā veṣasya saṃtyāgataḥ / śrautasmārttavibhinnakarmaniratānvipraiśca dūroñjhitānsāsūnkevalamatyajanmṛtasamānekaikaśaḥ pārthivān
Though wrathful, the king honored the guru’s word and spared those enemy kings; yet he made them abandon the dharma and attire befitting their line. Cut off from Śrauta and Smārta rites and cast away by the brahmins, they were left with life alone—one by one, as if already dead.