That foremost of the Bharatas, that son of Ganga, the sages, knowing the sun to be then in the Southern solstice addressing one another said
गाङ्गेयं भरतश्रेष्ठं दक्षिणेन च भास्करम्॥ इतरेतरमामन्त्र्य प्राहुस्तत्र मनीषिणः।