Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.64.21

nāhaḿ pratīcche vai rājann

ity uktvā svāmy apākramat

nānyad gavām apy ayutam

icchāmīty aparo yayau

SYNONYMS

na — not; aham — I; pratīcche — want; vai — indeed; rājan — O King; iti — thus; uktvā — saying; svāmī — the owner; apākramat — went away; na — not; anyat — in addition; gavām — of cows; api — even; ayutam — ten thousand; icchāmi — I want; iti — thus saying; aparaḥ — the other (brāhmaṇa); yayau — left.

TRANSLATION

The present owner of the cow said, "I don't want anything in exchange for this cow, O King," and went away. The other brāhmaṇa declared, "I don't want even ten thousand more cows [than you are offering]," and he too went away.

PURPORT

In Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrīla Prabhupāda comments, "Thus disagreeing with the King's proposal, both brāhmaṇas left the palace in anger, thinking that their lawful position had been usurped."

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