The sacrifice which that powerful king celebrated was Agnishtuta, which on account of the god of fire being alone worshipped in it, is always disliked by Indra. Yet it is the sacrifice that is desired by men when for the object of getting children they seek to purify themselves of their sins.
अग्निष्टुतं स राजर्षिरिन्द्रद्विष्टं महाबलः। प्रायश्चित्तेषु मर्त्यानां पुत्रकामेषु चेष्यते॥