harer aṁśa-bhuvo bhuvi
pitary uparate so 'pi
cakravartī mahā-yaśāḥ
mahimā gīyate tasya
harer aṁśa-bhuvo bhuvi
When Mahārāja Duṣmanta passed away, his son became the famous emperor of the world. He is glorified as a partial representation of the Supreme Lord in this world.
The son became the king.
|| 9.20.24-26 ||
cakraṁ dakṣiṇa-haste 'sya
padma-kośo 'sya pādayoḥ
īje mahābhiṣekeṇa
so 'bhiṣikto 'dhirāḍ vibhuḥ
pañca-pañcāśatā medhyair
gaṅgāyām anu vājibhiḥ
māmateyaṁ purodhāya
yamunām anu ca prabhuḥ
aṣṭa-saptati-medhyāśvān
babandha pradadad vasu
bharatasya hi dauṣmanter
agniḥ sācī-guṇe citaḥ
sahasraṁ badvaśo yasmin
brāhmaṇā gā vibhejire
The powerful emperor Bharata, enthroned by a bathing ceremony, had the mark of Lord Kṛṣṇa's disc on the palm of his right hand, and he had the mark of a lotus whorl on the soles of his feet. He worshipped the Lord by fifty-five horse sacrifices on the bank of the Gaṅgā, beginning from its mouth and ending at its source. Making the son of Mamaṭā the priest, he bound up seventy-eight horses for sacrifice on the bank of the Yamunā River and gave away wealth. He established the sacrificial fire on excellent sites, during which time he distributed 13,084 cows to each of thousands of brāhmaṇas.
Vājibhiḥ means by horse sacrifices. He made the son of Mamatā the priest. He bound up horses for sacrifice. He established fire in a place with the best qualities (sācī-guṇe). At the time of lighting the fires, he gave 13,084 cows to each of thousands of brāhmaṇas.
|| 9.20.27 ||
trayas-triṁśac-chataṁ hy aśvān
baddhvā vismāpayan nṛpān
dauṣmantir atyagān māyāṁ
devānāṁ gurum āyayau
Bharata, the son of Mahārāja Duṣmanta, bound thirty-three hundred horses for those sacrifices, and thus he astonished all other kings. He surpassed even the opulence of the devatās, for he achieved the supreme guru, Hari.
He surpassed the glory of the devatās since he had attained the Lord, the guru of the world. Another version has mayavattraḥ. He was the best among those with wealth, since he was a portion of the Lord.
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