Richika

After the marriage, the sage Bhrigu visits his son Richika and daughter-in-law Satyavati. Delighted, he offers her a boon. She asks for sons for herself and her mother. Bhrigu instructs them to embrace separate trees at their seasons — but they mix up the trees, and the consequences ripple through generations.

King Gadhi, dwelling in the forest, has a daughter named Satyavati who is like an apsara. The Bhargava sage Richika wishes to marry her, but Gadhi demands a bride price of a thousand swift white horses, each with one black ear. Richika agrees, obtains the horses from Varuna, and marries Satyavati in the presence of the gods.

Rama Jamadagnya, after performing his father's funereal rites, swears to destroy every kshatriya on earth. Alone, like the god of death, he kills Kartavirya's sons and all their followers — then purges the earth of kshatriyas twenty-one times, building five lakes of blood at Samantapanchaka before Richika himself appears to restrain him.