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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.34
vāsāmsy ābharanāni ca
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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