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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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