Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.84.52

athartvigbhyo 'dadāt kāle

yathāmnātam sa dakshināh

sv-alańkritebhyo 'lańkritya

go-bhū-kanyā mahā-dhanāh

SYNONYMS

atha — then; ritvigbhyah — to the priests; adadāt — gave; kāle — at the appropriate time; yathā-āmnātam — as stipulated in the scriptures; sah — he; dakshināh — gifts of thanks; su-alańkritebhyah — who were richly adorned; alańkritya — decorating them even more elaborately; go — cows; bhū — land; kanyāh — and marriageable girls; mahā — greatly; dhanāh — valuable.

TRANSLATION

Then, at the appropriate time and according to scripture, Vasudeva remunerated the priests by decorating them with precious ornaments, though they were already richly adorned, and offering them valuable gifts of cows, land and marriageable girls.

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