Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 38: The History of Sagara
Text 1.38.23
ततः कालेन महता मतिः समभिजायत।
सगरस्य नरश्रेष्ठ यजेयमिति निश्चिता॥
tataḥ kālena mahatā matiḥ samabhijāyata
sagarasya nara-śreṣṭha yajeyam iti niścitā
tataḥ kālena mahatā = after along time; matiḥ samabhijāyata sagarasya = Sagara concluded that; nara-śreṣṭha = O prince; yajeyam iti = he would conduct a sacrifice; niścitā = firmly.
O prince, after a long time Sagara firmly concluded that he would conduct a sacrifice.