Indeed, for getting regions of felicity in the next, and acquiring great fame, king Yudhishthira celebrated many sacrifices and, as sacrificial presents, gave away hundreds of thousands of kine to such Brahmanas.
तथैव तेभ्योऽपि ददौ द्विजेभ्यो गवां सहस्राणि शतानि चैव। यज्ञान् समुद्दिश्य च दक्षिणार्थे लोकान् विजेतुं परमां च कीर्तिम्॥