Anshuman and Kapila

Some time passed, but his sons were not returning. Sagara was worried. He asked Anshusham to go look for his uncles. Anshuman was the son of Asmanjas. Hunting around Asmanjas retraced the path taken by his uncles and finally reached the place where Kapila was meditating. On the way to the nether world he saw a blue elephant who were holding the earth on its tusks. He bowed down to the elephants which should he go in search of his uncles and the horse. The elephant pointed him towards the white elephant standing there. The blue elephant also told him to be polite and speak nicely to all he met.
Anshuman bowed down to the white elephant who pointed him to where a red elephant was standing.
These three elephants together were supporting the earth. If they shook their heads, earthquakes and tremors would happen on the earth.
The Red elephant pointed him towards the ashrama of Kapila, where Anshuman saw the horse bound.
Falling prostate on the ground, Anshuman bowed down before the sage and wanted to know if he had seen the sons of Sagara.
Seeing Anshuman's devotion, Kapila was pleased. He said the princes had tried to hit him and had called him a thief. Pointing to a pile of ashes, he said they were the unfortunate sons of Sagara. He also said, if Ganga was brought there, his uncles would attain salvation.
Anshuman wanted to know from the sage who was Ganga and where he would find Ganga.