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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.34

tebhyo hiraṇyaḿ rajataḿ

vāsāḿsy ābharaṇāni ca

grāmān hayān gajān prādād

dhenūnām arbudāni ṣaṭ

SYNONYMS

tebhyaḥ — unto them (the learned brāhmaṇas); hiraṇyam — gold; rajatam — silver; vāsāḿsi — garments; ābharaṇāni — ornaments; ca — also; grāmān — villages; hayān — horses; gajān — elephants; prādāt — gave in charity; dhenūnām — of cows; arbudāni — groups of one hundred million; ṣaṭ — six.

TRANSLATION

Unto the brāhmaṇas 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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