Horse Sacrifice

Mbh.1.58.2842	And the king said unto him, Thou must come again to become a Sadasya in my great Horse-sacrifice'
Mbh.3.190.9644	SECTION CLXL Markandeya continued, Having exterminated the thieves and robbers, Kalki will, at a great Horse-sacrifice, duly give away this earth to the Brahmanas, and having established anew the blessed rectitude ordained by the Self-create, Kalki, of sacred deeds and illustrious reputation, will enter a delightful forest, and the people of this earth will imitate his conduct, and when the Brahmanas will have exterminated the thieves and robbers, there will be prosperity everywhere on earth.
Mbh.7.55.2618	At the Horse-sacrifice performed by that royal sage, countless number of learned Brahmanas versed in the principles of Siksha and Akshara come from diverse realms.
Mbh.7.63.2776	The highly blessed Sasavindu gave away unto the Brahmanas, in the great Horse-sacrifice of his such unlimited wealth.
Mbh.7.63.2777	The king caused as many sacrificial stakes of gold to be made for that great Horse-sacrifice of his as is the number, double of sacrificial stakes of wood in other sacrifices of the kind.
Mbh.7.63.2779	Upon the completion of' his Horse-sacrifice, thirteen such mountains of food and drink remained untouched.
Mbh.7.64.2799	In his great Horse-sacrifice, king Gaya, making a golden earth, gave her away unto the Brahmanas.
Mbh.7.67.2912	And he caused golden images to be made of every article on earth, and bestowed them all on the Brahmanas as his great Horse-sacrifice The king caused six and sixty thousand elephants to be made of gold, and all those he gave away unto the Brahmanas.
Mbh.7.68.2930	Indeed, freeing the earth from all robbers, and making her teem with honest and graceful inhabitants, Rama gave her away to Kasyapa at his great Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.7.140.7119	The head of that hero, graced with beautiful blue locks and eyes, red as those of pigeons, looked like the head of a horse cut off in a Horse-sacrifice and placed on the sacrificial altar
Mbh.12.29.1486	Those hundreds upon hundreds and thousands upon thousands of kings that had at the command of Amvarisha waited at his sacrifices upon the Brahmanas that came there became through Amvarisha's merits crowned with the fruits of the Horse-sacrifice, and followed their lord by the Southern-path to regions or brightness and bliss.
Mbh.12.29.1495	This countless wealth, O monarch, Sasavindu gave away, in a Horse-sacrifice, unto the Brahmanas.
Mbh.12.29.1504	On days of the new moon, on those of the full moon, and on every fourth month, for a thousand years, Gaya repeatedly performed the Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.12.29.1507	In his great Horse-sacrifice, king Gaya caused a golden ground to be made, measuring a hundred cubits in length and fifty in breadth, and gave it away as the sacrificial fee.
Mbh.12.33.1780	The Horse-sacrifice, that grand rite, has been indicated as an expiation for thee.
Mbh.12.33.1793	Having comforted the whole empire in this way, O Bharata, adore the gods in a Horse-sacrifice as the virtuous Indra did in days of old.
Mbh.12.35.1844	There is no doubt again that: one is cleansed by a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.12.35.1845	Men that have been guilty of having slain a Brahmana and that have succeeded in taking the final bath at the completion of the Horse-sacrifice, become cleansed of all their sins.
Mbh.12.151.9037	Manu has said that by diving in water after thrice reciting the Aghamarshana mantras, one reaps the fruits of the final bath in a Horse-sacrifice
Mbh.12.281.17363	With the Grandsire's permission Indra then resolved to perform a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.12.282.17400	Maheswara said, O lady that art highly blessed, the excellent Prajapati Daksha is adoring the gods in a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.12.283.17454	SECTION CCLXXXIV Janamejaya said, How O Brahmana, was the Horse-sacrifice of the Prajapati Daksha, the son of Prachetas, destroyed during the age of Vaivaswata Manu?
Mbh.12.320.20299	By ruling a kingdom well, a king earns the merit that attaches to a Horse-sacrifice with the whole Earth given away as Dakshina.
Mbh.12.336.21521	The illustrious king performed a great Horse-sacrifice in which his preceptor Vrihaspati became the Hota.
Mbh.12.338.21743	Thou art the great Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.12.342.22527	The boon-giving Vishnu replied unto them, saying, Let Sakra perform a Horse-sacrifice in honour of Vishnu.
Mbh.12.342.22532	The celestial priest Vrihaspati then made arrangements for a great Horse-sacrifice, substituting a black antelope for a good steed every way fit to be offered up in sacrifice.
Mbh.12.346.22942	Having listened to the diverse kinds of duties and cults, let thy Horse-sacrifice go on
Mbh.13.18.2886	That person who, subjugating his senses and purifying himself, recites this hymn, without interruption in respect of his vow, for one month, succeeds in obtaining the merit that is attached to a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.13.25.3431	By doing this, one is sure to acquire the merit of a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.13.25.3433	If one becomes a Brahmacharin and subdues one's wrath, devotes oneself to truth and practises compassion towards all creatures, and then bathes in the Jala parda Lake of Waters, one is sure to acquire the merit of a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.13.25.3454	Bathing in Ganga hrada and the tirtha known by the name of Utpalavana and daily offering oblations of water there for a full month to the Pitris, one acquires the merit of a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.13.25.3460	Repairing to Brahmasaras as also to the Bhagirathi and bathing there and offering oblations to the Pitris every day for a full month, abstaining from food all the while, one is sure to attain to the region of Soma, Bathing in Utpataka and then in Ashtavakra and offering oblations of water to the Pitris every day for twelve days in succession, abstaining the while from food, one acquires the merits of a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.13.62.5991	The ancients thought that there was always very little difference between the man who performs a Horse-sacrifice and him that makes a gift of earth unto one that is righteous.
Mbh.13.73.6800	The merit such a man acquires is equal to the eternal merit of a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.13.84.7505	Having subjugated the entire earth the heroic Rama of eyes like lotus-petals began to make preparations for performing a Horse-sacrifice, O king, that is praised by all Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and that is capable of granting the fruition of every wish.
Mbh.13.106.9686	That man, O son of Kunti, who passes a whole year observing fasts for five days and taking food on only the sixth day, acquires the merit of the Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.13.109.9905	That man who fasts on the twelfth day of the moon in the month called Margasirsha and worships Krishna as Kesava for the whole day and night, attains to the merit of the Horse-sacrifice and becomes cleansed of all his sins.
Mbh.13.127.11074	Jamadagni said, That man whose heart is not pure is sure to go to Hell even if he adores the deities in a Horse-sacrifice or in a hundred Vajapeya sacrifices, or if he undergoes the severest austerities with head downmost.
Mbh.13.129.11105	Vasava, the chief of the celestials, confers upon him a fourth part of the merits that attach to a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.13.155.12937	At that time the Danava king Vali was performing a Horse-sacrifice in the nether regions.
Mbh.14.3.68	And then as Dasaratha's son, Rama, or as Dushmanta's and Sakuntala's son, thy ancestor, the lord of the Earth, the exceedingly puissant king Bharata, had done, do thou agreeably to the ordinance celebrate the Horse-sacrifice with Dakshinas.
Mbh.14.3.69	Yudhishthira replied, Beyond a doubt, the Horse-sacrifice purifieth princes.
Mbh.14.81.3648	After this, Jaya addressed his son, the ruler of Manipura, and said unto him in the hearing of Chitrangada, the daughter -in-law of Kuru's house, the Horse-sacrifice of Yudhishthira will take place on the day of full moon in the coming month of Chaitra.
Mbh.14.81.3650	Thus addressed by Partha, king Vabhruvahana of great intelligence, with tearful eyes, said these words to his sire, O thou that art conversant with every duty, I shall certainly repair, at thy command, to the great Horse-sacrifice, and take upon myself the task of distributing food among the regenerate ones.
Mbh.14.82.3703	Comforting him again, Arjuna once more said unto him, Thou shouldst repair to the Horse-sacrifice of our king which takes place at the coming full moon of Chaitra'
Mbh.14.84.3770	Thou shouldst go to the Horse-sacrifice of our king which comes off on the day of full moon of the month of Chaitra'
Mbh.14.85.3784	Let, therefore, learned Brahmanas conversant with the Vedas look for a sacrificial spot for the successful accomplishment of the Horse-sacrifice'
Mbh.14.85.3798	Those best of kings, came to the Horse-sacrifice of the Kuru monarch for doing what was agreeable to him.
Mbh.14.86.3842	Do thou set thyself to accomplish thy Horse-sacrifice'
Mbh.14.88.3923	The bath that one performs upon completion of the Horse-sacrifice, O monarch, is highly cleansing and productive of the highest merit.
Mbh.14.88.3925	Thus addressed by Vyasa of immeasurable intelligence, the righteous-souled Yudhishthira of great energy underwent the Diksha for performance of the Horse-sacrifice
Mbh.14.88.3926	The mighty-armed monarch then performed the great Horse-sacrifice characterised by gifts of food and presents in profusion and capable of fructifying every wish and producing every merit.
Mbh.14.89.3966	The high-souled Yudhishthira of great intelligence staying with his brothers in the midst of the kings invited to his sacrifice, said unto those Brahmanas, The Dakshina ordained in the scriptures for the great Horse-sacrifice is the Earth.
Mbh.14.89.3982	Thus addressed, the foremost one of Kuru's race, along with all his brothers, became glad of soul, and gave away millions of golden coins, in fact, trebling the Dakshina ordained for the Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.14.90.4237	Vaisampayana continued, O conquerer of hostile towns, I have now told thee all relating to that wonderful incident which occurred in that great Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.14.91.4249	When king Yudhishthira, with Bhima and Arjuna by him, resembled the chief of the deities himself in prosperity and prowess, why then did that mongoose depreciate that great Horse-sacrifice of the high-souled monarch'
Mbh.15.34.1370	In the Horse-sacrifice, this Sruti is heard in the matter of the slaying of the horse.
Mbh.18.6.372	At the ninth Parana, he acquires, O Bharata, the fruits of that foremost of sacrifices, viz, the Horse-sacrifice.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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