 ततस्तेनाप्रमेयेन कपिलेन महात्मना।भस्मराशीकृतास्सर्वे काकुत्स्थ सगरात्मजा:।। 
 O son of Kakusthas  all the sons of Sagara were reduced to a heap of ashes, by that magnanimous Kapila, whose power was beyond imagination".      Thus ends the fortieth sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki. 