PURPORT

As the Brahmins, the Vipras had a right to be subsidised by the state similarly the state executive head had the right to collect taxes and fines from the citizens. After the battle of Kurukshetra the state treasury was exhausted and therefore there was no surplus fund except the fund from tax collection and fine realised. Such fund was sufficient only for the state budget and having no excess fund the king was anxious to get some wealth otherwise to perform the horse sacrifice ceremony. Maharaj Yudhisthir desired to perform this sacrifice under instruction of kinsmen from Bhismadev in the Kurukshetra fight.