Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.69.28

kutracid dvija-mukhyebhyo

dadatam gah sv-alankritah

itihasa-puranani

srinvantam mangalani ca

SYNONYMS

kutracit -- somewhere; dvija -- to brahmanas; mukhyebhyah -- excellent; dadatam -- giving; gah -- cows; su -- well; alankritah -- ornamented; itihasa -- epic histories; puranani -- and the Puranas; srinvantam -- hearing; mangalani -- auspicious; ca -- and.

TRANSLATION

Somewhere He was giving well-decorated cows to exalted brahmanas, and elsewhere he was listening to the auspicious narration of epic histories and Puranas.

PURPORT

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti informs us that giving cows in charity occurs in the morning, while hearing the histories takes place in the afternoon.

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