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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 14]
TEXT 34
तेभ्यो हिरण्यं रजतं वासांस्याभरणानि च । ग्रामान् हयान् गजान् प्रादाद् धेनूनामर्चुदानि षट् ॥३४॥
tebhyo hiraṇyaṁ rajataṁ vāsāṁsy ābharaṇāni ca grāmān hayān gajān prādād dhenūnām arbudāni ṣaṭ
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].
TEXT 35
ववर्षं कामानन्येषां पर्जन्य इव देहिनाम् । धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं कुमारस्य महामनाः ॥३५॥
vavarṣa kāmān anyeṣāṁ parjanya iva dehinām dhanyaṁ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṁ kumārasya mahā-manāḥ
vavarṣa—showered, gave in charity; kāmān—all desirable things; anyeṣām—of others; parjanyaḥ—a cloud; iva—like; dehinām—of all living entities; dhanyam—with the desire for an increase of opulence; yaśasyam—an increase of reputation; āyuṣyam—and an increase of the duration of life; kumārasya—of the newly born child; mahā-manāḥ—the beneficent King Citraketu.