Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.70.7-9
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उपस्थायार्कमुद्यन्तं तर्पयित्वात्मन: कला: ।
देवानृषीन् पितॄन्वृद्धान्विप्रानभ्यर्च्य चात्मवान् ॥ ७ ॥
धेनूनां रुक्मशृङ्गीनां साध्वीनां मौक्तिकस्रजाम् ।
पयस्विनीनां गृष्टीनां सवत्सानां सुवाससाम् ॥ ८ ॥
ददौ रूप्यखुराग्राणां क्षौमाजिनतिलै: सह ।
अलङ्कृतेभ्यो विप्रेभ्यो बद्वं बद्वं दिने दिने ॥ ९ ॥
upasthāyārkam udyantaṁ
tarpayitvātmanaḥ kalāḥ
devān ṛṣīn pitṝn vṛddhān
viprān abhyarcya cātmavān
dhenūnāṁ rukma-śṛṅgīnāṁ
sādhvīnāṁ mauktika-srajām
payasvinīnāṁ gṛṣṭīnāṁ
sa-vatsānāṁ su-vāsasām
dadau rūpya-khurāgrāṇāṁ
kṣaumājina-tilaiḥ saha
alaṅkṛtebhyo viprebhyo
badvaṁ badvaṁ dine dine
Each day the Lord worshiped the rising sun and propitiated the demigods, sages and forefathers, who are all His expansions. The self-possessed Lord would then carefully worship His elders and the brāhmaṇas. To those well-attired brāhmaṇas He would offer herds of tame and peaceful cows with gold-plated horns and pearl necklaces. These cows were also dressed in fine cloth, and the fronts of their hooves were plated with silver. Providers of abundant milk, they had each given birth only once and were accompanied by their calves. Daily the Lord gave many groups of 13,084 cows to the learned brāhmaṇas, together with linen, deerskins and sesame seeds.
Read the purport on Vedabase.ioFrom Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.