Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 84: The Sages' Teachings at Kurukṣetra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.84.55-56

bandhūn sa-dārān sa-sutān

pāribarheṇa bhūyasā

vidarbha-kośala-kurūn

kāśi-kekaya-sṛñjayān

sadasyartvik-sura-gaṇān

nṛ-bhūta-pitṛ-cāraṇān

śrī-niketam anujñāpya

śaḿsantaḥ prayayuḥ kratum

SYNONYMS

bandhūn — his relatives; sa-dārān — with their wives; sa-sutān — with their children; pāribarheṇa — with gifts; bhūyasā — opulent; vidarbha-kośala-kurūn — the leaders of the Vidarbha, Kośala and Kuru clans; kāśi-kekaya-sṛñjayān — also the Kāśīs, Kekayas and Sṛñjayas; sadasya — the officials of the sacrificial assembly; ṛtvik — the priests; sura-gaṇān — the various classes of demigods; nṛ — the humans; bhūta — ghostly spirits; pitṛ — forefathers; cāraṇān — and Cāraṇas, members of a class of minor demigods; śrī-niketam — from Lord Kṛṣṇa, the abode of the goddess of fortune; anujñāpya — taking leave; śaḿsantaḥ — praising; prayayuḥ — they departed; kratum — the sacrificial performance.

TRANSLATION

With opulent gifts he honored his relatives, including all their wives and children; the royalty of the Vidarbha, Kosala, Kuru, Kāśī, Kekaya and Sṛñjaya kingdoms; the officiating members of the assembly; and also the priests, witnessing demigods, humans, spirits, forefathers and Cāraṇas. Then, taking permission from Lord Kṛṣṇa, the shelter of the goddess of fortune, the various guests departed as they all chanted the glories of Vasudeva's sacrifice.

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