SB 10.84.52
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 52
athartvigbhyo 'dadāt kāle
yathāmnātaṁ sa dakṣiṇāḥ
sv-alaṅkṛtebhyo 'laṅkṛtya
go-bhū-kanyā mahā-dhanāḥ
SYNONYMS
atha—then; ṛtvigbhyaḥ—to the priests; adadāt—gave; kāle—at the appropriate time; yathā-āmnātam—as stipulated in the scriptures; saḥ—he; dakṣiṇāḥ—gifts of thanks; su-alaṅkṛtebhyaḥ—who were richly adorned; alaṅkṛtya—decorating them even more elaborately; go—cows; bhū—land; kanyāḥ—and marriageable girls; mahā—greatly; dhanāḥ—valuable.
TRANSLATION
Then, at the appropriate time and according to scripture, Vasudeva remunerated the priests by decorating them with precious ornaments, though they were already richly adorned, and offering them valuable gifts of cows, land and marriageable girls.