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on the bank of the Yamunā, beginning from the confluence at Prayāga and ending at the source. He established the sacrificial fire on an excellent site, and he distributed great wealth to the brāhmaṇas. Indeed, he distributed so many cows that each of thousands of brāhmaṇas had one badva [13,084] as his share.
PURPORT
As indicated here by the words  dauṣmanter agniḥ sācī-guṇe citaḥ , Bharata, the son of Mahārāja Duṣmanta, arranged for many ritualistic ceremonies all over the world, especially all over India on the banks of the Ganges and Yamunā, from the mouth to the source, and all such sacrifices were performed in very distinguished places. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (3.9),  yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ : “Work done as a sacrifice for Viṣṇu has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this material world.” Everyone should engage in the performance of  yajña , and the sacrificial fire should be ignited everywhere, the entire purpose being to make people happy, prosperous and progressive in spiritual life. Of course, these things were possible before the beginning of Kali-yuga because there were qualified  brāhmaṇas  who could perform such  yajñas . For the present, however, the  Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa  enjoins:
aśvamedhaṁ gavālambhaṁ sannyāsaṁ pala-paitṛkam devareṇa sutotpattiṁ kalau pañca vivarjayet
“In this age of Kali, five acts are forbidden: offering a horse in sacrifice, offering a cow in sacrifice, accepting the order of  sannyāsa , offering oblations of flesh to the forefathers, and begetting children in the wife of one’s brother.” In this age, such  yajñas  as the  aśvamedha-yajña  and  gomedha-yajña  are impossible to perform because there are neither sufficient riches nor qualified  brāhmaṇas . This verse says,  māmateyaṁ purodhāya : Mahārāja Bharata engaged the son of Mamatā, Bhṛgu Muni, to take charge of performing this  yajña . Now, however, such  brāhmaṇas  are impossible to find. Therefore the  śāstras  recommend,  yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ : those who are intelligent