चक्रं दक्षिणहस्तेऽस्य पद्मकोशोऽस्य पादयो: । ईजे महाभिषेकेण सोऽभिषिक्तोऽधिराड् विभु: ॥ २४ ॥ पञ्चपञ्चाशता मेध्यैर्गङ्गायामनु वाजिभि: । मामतेयं पुरोधाय यमुनामनु च प्रभु: ॥ २५ ॥ अष्टसप्ततिमेध्याश्वान् बबन्ध प्रददद् वसु । भरतस्य हि दौष्मन्तेरग्नि: साचीगुणे चित: । सहस्रं बद्वशो यस्मिन् ब्राह्मणा गा विभेजिरे ॥ २६ ॥
cakram daksina-haste ’sya padma-koso ’sya padayoh ije mahabhisekena so ’bhisikto ’dhirad vibhuh panca-pancasata medhyair gangayam anu vajibhih mamateyam purodhaya yamunam anu ca prabhuh asta-saptati-medhyasvan babandha pradadad vasu bharatasya hi dausmanter agnih saci-gune citah sahasram badvaso yasmin brahmana ga vibhejire
- cakram
- the mark of Krsna’s disc
- daksina-haste
- on the palm of the right hand
- asya
- of him (Bharata)
- padma-kosah
- the mark of the whorl of a lotus
- asya
- of him
- padayoh
- on the soles of the feet
- ije
- worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- maha-abhisekena
- by a grand Vedic ritualistic ceremony
- sah
- he (Maharaja Bharata)
- abhisiktah
- being promoted
- adhirat
- to the topmost position of a ruler
- vibhuh
- the master of everything
- panca-pancasata
- fifty-five
- medhyaih
- fit for sacrifices
- gangayam anu
- from the mouth of the Ganges to the source
- vajibhih
- with horses
- mamateyam
- the great sage Bhrgu
- purodhaya
- making him the great priest
- yamunam
- on the bank of the Yamuna
- anu
- in regular order
- ca
- also
- prabhuh
- the supreme master, Maharaja Bharata
- asta-saptati
- seventy-eight
- medhya-asvan
- horses fit for sacrifice
- babandha
- he bound
- pradadat
- gave in charity
- vasu
- riches
- bharatasya
- of Maharaja Bharata
- hi
- indeed
- dausmanteh
- the son of Maharaja Dusmanta
- agnih
- the sacrificial fire
- saci-gune
- on an excellent site
- citah
- established
- sahasram
- thousands
- badvasah
- by the number of one badva (one badva equals 13,084)
- yasmin
- in which sacrifices
- brahmanah
- all the brahmanas present
- gah
- the cows
- vibhejire
- received their respective share
Maharaja Bharata, the son of Dusmanta, had the mark of Lord Krsna’s disc on the palm of his right hand, and he had the mark of a lotus whorl on the soles of his feet. By worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead with a grand ritualistic ceremony, he became the emperor and master of the entire world. Then, under the priesthood of Mamateya, Bhrgu Muni, he performed fifty-five horse sacrifices on the bank of the Ganges, beginning from its mouth and ending at its source, and seventy-eight horse sacrifices on the bank of the Yamuna, beginning from the confluence at Prayaga and ending at the source. He established the sacrificial fire on an excellent site, and he distributed great wealth to the brahmanas. Indeed, he distributed so many cows that each of thousands of brahmanas had one badva [13,084] as his share.