Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.84.52

athartvigbhyo 'dadāt kāle

yathāmnātaḿ sa dakṣiṇāḥ

sv-alańkṛtebhyo 'lańkṛtya

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-alańkṛtebhyaḥ — who were richly adorned; alańkṛtya — 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.

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