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Let us see what the Paramacharyal says about this. This is verbatim English translation of what he said. source: Hinduism Sanathana Dharma and Vedanta: presented by Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham : kamakoti.org.

"You know the Sagaras went on digging the earth down to the nether world in search of their sacrificial horse. An ocean came into being in this way and it was called sagara after the King Sagara.

The Sagaras, at last found the horse near the hermitage of Kapila Maharishi. Thinking that he must be the man who had stolen the animal and hidden it in the nether world they laid violent hands on him. Wherupon the sage reduced them to ashes with a mer glance of his eye. Such is the story according to the Ramayana. America, which is at the antipodes, may be taken to be Patala or the nether world. Kapilaranya (the forest in which Kapila had his hermitage), we may further take it, was situated there. It is likely that Kapilaranya changed to California. Also noteworthy is the fact that there is a Horse Island near California as well as an Ash Island.