OR SACRED WRITINGS OF THE HINDUS. 415 



" A sacred fire was lighted for Bharata, son 

 ofDuHSHANTA, in Sacfii'gim'a, at which a thou- 

 sand Brahmanas shared a thousand miUions of 

 cows apiece. 



*' Bharata, son of Duhshanta, bound seventy- 

 eight horses [for solemn rites] wtdiT tht Yamuna ; 

 and fifty-five, in Vfitrag'hna, on the Ganga. 



" Having thus bound a hundred and thirty-three 

 horses fit for sacred rites, the son of Duhshanta 

 became pre-eminently wise, and surpassed the pru- 

 dence of [every rival] king, 



" Tliis great achievement of Bharata, neither 

 former nor later persons [have equalled] ; the five 

 classes of men have not attained his feats, any 

 more than a mortal [can reach] heaven with his 

 hands*/' 



^ The holy saint, Vrihaduct'ha, taught this 

 great inauguration to Durmuc'ha, king of Pan- 

 chdla ; and, therefore, Durmuc'ha, the P^;2c/?^/tf, 

 being a king, subdued by means of that know- 

 ledge the whole earth around, and traversed it 

 every way f , 



* The son of Satyahavya, sprung from the 

 race of Vasisht'ha, communicated this great in- 

 auguration to Atyara'ti, son of Janantapa; 

 and, therefore, Atyara'ti, son of Janantapa, 



* All this, says the commentator, shows the efficacy of inaugu- 

 ration. 



t It is here remarked, in the commentary, that a Bruhmen'a, 

 being incompetent to receive consecration, is however capable of 

 knowina; its form : the efficacy of which knowledge is shown in 

 this place, 



