In Treta Yuga, When King Sagara of the suryavamsa decided to perform the ashvamedha yagna. Lord Indra became fearful of yagna, stole the horse and tied it i next to hermitage of Sage Kapila.
King’s attended discovered the sacrificial horse had gone missing. The king therefore ordered his 60,000 sons to go find the horse. The arrogant princes went about burning and destroying places in their quest to find the horse. Finally they came to Sage Kapila’s hermitage. They found him in meditation and the horse tied next to him.
Sage Kapila was, with yoga power, above the earth. They thought this is the culprit, and set fire underneath. His bottom started heating up, and he opened his eyes; and when he opened his eyes, all the princes became ashes.
