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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 20]
aṣṭa-saptati-medhyāśvān babandha pradadad vasu bharatasya hi dauṣmanter agniḥ sācī-guṇe citaḥ sahasraṁ badvaśo yasmin brāhmaṇā gā vibhejire
cakram—the mark of Kṛṣṇa’s disc; dakṣiṇa-haste—on the palm of the right hand; asya—of him (Bharata); padma-kośaḥ—the mark of the whorl of a lotus; asya—of him; pādayoḥ—on the soles of the feet; īje—worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mahā-abhiṣekeṇa—by a grand Vedic ritualistic ceremony; saḥ—he (Mahārāja Bharata); abhiṣiktaḥ—being promoted; adhirāṭ—to the topmost position of a ruler; vibhuḥ—the master of everything; pañca-pañcāśatā—fifty-five; medhyaiḥ—fit for sacrifices; gaṅgāyām anu—from the mouth of the Ganges to the source; vājibhiḥ—with horses; māmateyam—the great sage Bhṛgu; purodhāya—making him the great priest; yamunām—on the bank of the Yamunā; anu—in regular order; ca—also; prabhuḥ—the supreme master, Mahārāja Bharata; aṣṭa-saptati—seventy-eight; medhya-aśvān—horses fit for sacrifice; babandha—he bound; pradadat—gave in charity; vasu—riches; bharatasya—of Mahārāja Bharata; hi—indeed; dauṣmanteḥ—the son of Mahārāja Duṣmanta; agniḥ—the sacrificial fire; sācī-guṇe—on an excellent site; citaḥ—established; sahasram—thousands; badvaśaḥ—by the number of one badva (one badva equals 13,084); yasmin—in which sacrifices; brāhmaṇāḥ—all the brāhmaṇas present; gāḥ—the cows; vibhejire—received their respective share.
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Bharata, the son of Duṣmanta, 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. 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 Māmateya, Bhṛgu 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