656 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 12

cations. In this age of Kali, therefore. only one kind of sacrifice is recom-
mended, saikirtana-yajiia, as inaugurated by Lord Sri Caitanya Maha-
prabhu.

TEXT 34

a aE wat ghee: |
TTR Aes THTTEAT NVI

tena sambhrta-sambharo
dharma-putro yudhisthirah

vajimedhais tribhir bhito
yajniaih samayajadd harim

tena—with that wealth; sambhrta—collected; sambharah—ingredients;
dharma-putrah—the pious king; yudhisthirah— Yudhisthira; vajimedhaih—
by horse sacrifices; tribhih—three times; bhitah—being greatly afraid after
the Battle of Kuruksetra; yajfaih—sacrifices; samayajat—perfectly wor-
shiped; harim—the Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

By those riches, the King could procure the ingredients for three horse
sacrifices. Thus the pious King Yudhisthira, who was very fearful after the
Battle of Kuruksetra, pleased Lord Hari the Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

Maharaja Yudhisthira was the ideal and celebrated pious King of the
world, and still he was greatly afraid after the execution of the Battle of
Kuruksetra because of the mass killing in the fight, all of which was done
only to install him on the throne. He therefore took all the responsibility
for sins committed in the warfare, and to get rid of all these sins, he
wanted to perform three sacrifices in which horses are offered at the altar.
Such a sacrifice is very costly. Even Maharaja Yudhisthira had to collect
the necessary heaps of gold left by Maharaja Marutta and the brahmanas
who were given gold in charity by King Marutta. The learned brahmanas
could not take away all the loads of gold given by Maharaja Marutta, and
therefore they left behind the major portion of the gift. And Maharaja
