Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 21: Rāma Consoles Kausalyā and Lakṣmaṇa
Text 2.21.33
अस्माकं च कुले पूर्वं सगरस्याज्ञया पितुः।
खनद्भिः सागरैर्भूमिमवाप्तः सुमहान्वधः॥
asmākaṁ tu kule pūrvaṁ sagarasyājñayā pituḥ
khanadbhiḥ sāgarair bhūmim avāptaḥ sumahān vadhaḥ
asmākam tu = our; kule = in dynasty; pūrvam1 sagarasya = Sagara; ājñayā = on the order; pituḥ = of their father; khanadbhiḥ = while digging; sāgaraiḥ = the Sāgaras; bhūmim = the earth; avāptaḥ sumahān vadhaḥ = were complete massacred.
In our dynasty, the Sāgaras were completely massacred while digging the earth on the order of their father Sagara.1