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SB 9.20.28

Devanāgarī

मृगाञ्छुक्लदत: कृष्णान् हिरण्येन परीवृतान् । अदात् कर्मणि मष्णारे नियुतानि चतुर्दश ॥ २८ ॥

Text

mṛgāñ chukla-dataḥ kṛṣṇān hiraṇyena parīvṛtān adāt karmaṇi maṣṇāre niyutāni caturdaśa

Synonyms

mṛgān—first-class elephants;śukla-dataḥ—with very white tusks;kṛṣṇān—with black bodies;hiraṇyena—with gold ornaments;parīvṛtān—completely covered;adāt—give in charity;karmaṇi—in the sacrifice;maṣṇāre—by the name Maṣṇāra, or in the place known as Maṣṇāra;niyutāni—lakhs(onelakhequals one hundred thousand);caturdaśa—fourteen.

Translation

When Mahārāja Bharata performed the sacrifice known as Maṣṇāra [or a sacrifice in the place known as Maṣṇāra], he gave in charity fourteen lakhs of excellent elephants with white tusks and black bodies, completely covered with golden ornaments.

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