Shloka 46
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
यो बद्ध्वा त्रिशतं चाश्वान् देवेभ्यो यमुनामनु । सरस्वती विंशतिं च गड्ामनु चतुर्दश
yo baddhvā triśataṃ cāśvān devebhyo yamunām anu | sarasvatīṃ viṃśatiṃ ca gaṅgām anu caturdaśa ||
风神伐由说道：“那位为取悦诸天，曾在阎牟那河岸缚三百马、在萨罗萨伐底河岸缚二十马、在恒河岸缚十四马的——杜沙延陀之子、光辉威猛的婆罗多——遂行了如此众多的马祭（Aśvamedha）。人们记述他一生完成了一千次马祭与一百次王祭（Rājasūya）。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse holds up Bharata as an exemplar of royal dharma: a king’s power is ideally expressed through disciplined, public, and deity-oriented rites (yajñas) performed for cosmic order and communal welfare, not merely for personal gain.
Vāyu is recounting Bharata’s extraordinary sacrificial record, specifying numbers of horses bound for Aśvamedhas at the banks of major rivers (Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Gaṅgā) and summarizing his famed totals of Aśvamedha and Rājasūya rites.