Asamanjasa

In Hindu mythology, the son of the
celebrated King Sagar and his wife
Keshini. Keshini has received a boon
that she will bear a single son through
whom the royal lineage will continue,
whereas her co-wife Sumati will bear
sixty thousand sons who will all die
before they are married. Asamanjasa is
that single son, but his character is so
bad that his lineage, the Solar Line,
seems to be in grave danger.
In the Ramayana, the earlier of the
two great Hindu epics, the only mention of Asamanjasa describes how he
throws children into the Sarayu River
and then laughs as they drown.
Fortunately for the Solar Line, which is
one of the two great lineages,
Asamanjasa’s son Anshuman is very
virtuous, and the line continues both
unbroken and uncorrupted.