son that is dead.  We hear, O Srinjaya, that Amvarisha also, the son of Nabhaga, fell a prey to death.  That protector (of the world) and foremost of kings was regarded by his subjects as the embodiment of virtue.  That monarch, in one of his sacrifices, assigned to the Brahmanas, for waiting upon them, a million of kings who had themselves performed thousands of sacrifices each.  Men of piety praised Amvarisha, the son of Nabhaga, saying that such feats had never been achieved before nor would their like be achieved in the future.[100] 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).  When he, O Srinjaya, who far surpassed thee in the four principal attributes and who was purer than thy son, fell a prey to death, do not grieve for thy child that is dead.  We hear, O Srinjaya, that Sasavindu also, the son of Chitrasena, felt a prey to death.  That high-souled king had a hundred thousand wives, and million of sorts.  All of them used to wear golden armour and all of them were excellent bowmen.  Each of those princes married a hundred princesses, and each princess brought a hundred elephants.  With each of those elephants were a hundred cars.  With each car were a hundred steeds, all of good breed and all decked with trappings of gold.  With each steed were a hundred kine, and with each cow were a hundred sheep and goats.  This countless wealth, O monarch, Sasavindu gave away, in a Horse-sacrifice, unto the Brahmanas.  When he, O Srinjaya, who far surpassed thee in the four principal attributes and who was purer than thy son, fell a prey to death, do not grieve for thy child that is dead.  We hear, O Srinjaya, that Gaya also, the son of Amurtarayas, fell a prey to death.  For a hundred years, that king subsisted upon the remains of sacrificial food. (Pleased with such devotion) Agni desired to give him boons.  The boons solicited by Gaya were, ’Let my wealth be inexhaustible even if I give ceaselessly.  Let my regard for virtue exist for ever.  Let my heart ever take pleasure in Truth, through thy grace, O cater of sacrificial libations.’  It hath been heard by us that king Gaya obtained all those wishes from Agni.  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.  Rising (at the completion of every sacrifice) he gave away a hundred thousand kine and hundreds of mules (unto the Brahmanas) during this period.  That bull among men gratified the gods with Soma, the Brahmanas with wealth, the Pitris with Swadha, and the women with the accomplishment of all their wishes.  In his great Horse-sacrifice, king Gaya caused a golden ground to be made, measuring a hundred cubits in length and