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Chapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Verse 34 of 60
SB 6.14.34

तेभ्यो हिरण्यं रजतं वासांस्याभरणानि च ग्रामान्हयान्गजान्प्रादाद्धेनूनामर्बुदानि षट्

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].

Verse 34 of 60