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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 16]
PURPORT
It is very appropriate to compare a powerful king like Pṛthu to a lion. In India,  kṣatriya  kings are still called  simha , which means “lion.” Unless rogues, thieves and other demoniac people in a state are afraid of the executive head, who rules the kingdom with a strong hand, there cannot be peace or prosperity in the state. Thus it is most regrettable when a woman becomes the executive head instead of a lion-like king. In such a situation the people are considered very unfortunate.
TEXT 24
एषोऽश्वमेधाञ् शतमाजहार 
  सरस्वती प्रादुरभावि यत्र । 
  अहार्षीद्यस्य हयं पुरन्दरः 
  शतक्रतुश्वरमे वर्तमाने ॥२४॥
eṣo 'śvamedhān śatam ājahāra 
  sarasvatī prādur abhāvi yatra 
  ahārṣīd yasya hayam purandaraḥ 
  śata-kratuś carame vartamāne
eṣaḥ —this King;  aśvamedhān —sacrifices known as  aśvamedha ;  śatam —one hundred;  ājahāra —will perform;  sarasvatī —the river of the name Sarasvatī;  prāduḥ abhāvi —became manifest;  yatra —where;  ahārṣīt —will steal;  yasya —whose;  hayam —horse;  purandaraḥ —the Lord Indra;  śata-kratuḥ —who performed one hundred sacrifices;  carame —while the last sacrifice;  vartamāne —is occurring.
TRANSLATION
At the source of the River Sarasvatī, this King will perform one hundred sacrifices known as  aśvamedha . In the course of the last sacrifice, the heavenly King Indra will steal the sacrificial horse.
TEXT 25
एष स्वसञ्चोपवने समेत्य 
  सनत्कुमारं भगवन्तमेकम् । 
  आराध्य भक्त्यालभतामलं तज- 
  ज्ञानं यतो ब्रह्म परं विदन्ति ॥२५॥