 But his son Amshuman from his wife Ambujakshi succeeded Sagara as the king of Ayodhya.According to Srimad Bhagavatam Chapter 8 of canto 9, in his previous birth, Asamanja had been a great mystic yogi, but by bad association he had fallen from his exalted position.Now, in this life, he was born in a royal family and was a jatismara; that is, he had the special advantage of being able to remember his past birth and wanted to lead a stay isolated without interacting with the people.