Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.34

tebhyo hiranyam rajatam

vāsāmsy ābharanāni ca

grāmān hayān gajān prādād

dhenūnām arbudāni shat

SYNONYMS

tebhyah — unto them (the learned brāhmanas); hiranyam — gold; rajatam — silver; vāsāmsi — garments; ābharanāni — ornaments; ca — also; grāmān — villages; hayān — horses; gajān — elephants; prādāt — gave in charity; dhenūnām — of cows; arbudāni — groups of one hundred million; shat — six.

TRANSLATION

Unto the brāhmanas who took part in the ritualistic ceremony the King gave charity of gold, silver, garments, ornaments, villages, horses and elephants, as well as sixty crores of cows [six hundred million cows].

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