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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 12]
TRANSLATION
Just at this time, King Yudhiṣṭhira was considering performing a horse sacrifice to get freed from sins incurred from fighting with kinsmen. But he became anxious to get some wealth, for there were no surplus funds outside of fines and tax collection.
PURPORT
As the  brāhmaṇas , the  vipras  had a right to be subsidized by the state, and similarly the state executive head had the right to collect taxes and fines from the citizens. After the Battle of Kurukṣetra the state treasury was exhausted, and therefore there was no surplus fund except the fund from tax collection and fines. Such funds were sufficient only for the state budget, and having no excess fund, the King was anxious to get more wealth in some other way in order to perform the horse sacrifice. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira wanted to perform this sacrifice under the instruction of Bhīṣmadeva.
TEXT 33
तदभिग्रेतमातस्य भ्रातरोऽच्युतचोदिताः । घनं प्रहीणमाजहुरुदीच्यां दिशि भूरिशः ॥३३॥
tad abhipretam ālakṣya bhrātaro 'cyuta-coditāḥ dhanam prahīṇam ājahur udīcyām diśi bhūriśaḥ
tat —his;  abhipretam —wishes of the mind;  ālakṣya —observing;  bhrātaraḥ —his brothers;  acyuta —the infallible (Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa);  coditāḥ —being advised by;  dhanam —riches;  prahīṇam —to collect;  ājahuḥ —brought about;  udīcyām —northern;  diśi —direction;  bhūriśaḥ —sufficient.
TRANSLATION
Understanding the hearty wishes of the King, his brothers, as advised by the infallible Lord Kṛṣṇa, collected sufficient riches from the North [left by King Marutta].