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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 5]
dhenūnāṁ niyute prādād viprebhyaḥ samalaṅkṛte tilādrīn sapta ratnaugha- śātakaumbhāmbarāvṛtān
dhenūnāṁ—of milk-giving cows; niyute—two million; prādāt—gave in charity; viprebhyaḥ—unto the brāhmaṇas; samalaṅkṛte—completely decorated; tila-adrīn—hills of grain; sapta—seven; ratna-ogha-śāta-kaumbha-ambara-āvṛtān—covered with jewels and cloth embroidered with gold.
TRANSLATION
Nanda Mahārāja  gave two million cows, completely decorated with cloth and jewels, in charity to the brāhmaṇas. He also gave them seven hills of grain, covered with jewels and with cloth decorated with golden embroidery.
TEXT 4
कालेन स्नानशौचाभ्यां संस्कारैस्तपसेज्यया । शुध्यन्ति दानैःसन्तुष्ट्या द्रव्याण्यात्मात्मविद्यया ॥ ४ ॥
kālena snāna-śaucābhyāṁ saṁskārais tapasejyayā śudhyanti dānaiḥ santuṣṭyā dravyāṇy ātmātma-vidyayā
kālena—by due course of time (the land and other material things become purified); snāna-śaucābhyāṁ—by bathing (the body becomes purified) and by cleansing (unclean things become purified); saṁskāraiḥ—by purificatory processes (birth becomes purified); tapasā—by austerity (the senses become purified); ijyayā—by worship (the brāhmaṇas become purified); śudhyanti—become purified; dānaiḥ—by charity (wealth becomes purified); santuṣṭyā—by satisfaction (the mind becomes purified); dravyāṇi—all material possessions, such as cows, land and gold; ātmā—the soul (becomes purified); ātma-vidyayā—by self-realization.