SB 6.14.34

SB 6.14.34

Devanagari

तेभ्यो हिरण्यं रजतं वासांस्याभरणानि च । ग्रामान् हयान् गजान् प्रादाद् धेनूनामर्बुदानि षट् ॥ ३४ ॥

Verse text

tebhyo hiraṇyaṁ rajataṁ vāsāṁsy ābharaṇāni ca grāmān hayān gajān prādād dhenūnām arbudāni ṣaṭ

Synonyms

tebhyaḥ unto them (the learned brāhmaṇas ) ; hiraṇyam gold ; rajatam silver ; vāsāṁsi 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].

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The King gave charity of gold, silver, garments, ornaments, villages, horses and elephants, as well as six hundred million cows to the brāhmaṇas