Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.70.13

saḿvibhajyāgrato viprān

srak-tāmbūlānulepanaiḥ

suhṛdaḥ prakṛtīr dārān

upāyuńkta tataḥ svayam

SYNONYMS

saḿvibhajya — distributing; agrataḥ — first; viprān — to the brāhmaṇas; srak — garlands; tāmbūla — betel nut; anulepanaiḥ — and sandalwood paste; suhṛdaḥ — to His friends; prakṛtīḥ — to His ministers; dārān — to His wives; upāyuńkta — He partook; tataḥ — then; svayam — Himself.

TRANSLATION

After first distributing flower garlands, pān and sandalwood paste to the brāhmaṇas, He would give these gifts to His friends, ministers and wives, and finally He would partake of them Himself.

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