Kṛṣṇa Marries Five Princesses
दशधेनुसहस्राणि पारिबर्हमदाद् विभु: । युवतीनां त्रिसाहस्रं निष्कग्रीवसुवाससम् ॥ ५० ॥ नवनागसहस्राणि नागाच्छतगुणान् रथान् । रथाच्छतगुणानश्वानश्वाच्छतगुणान् नरान् ॥ ५१ ॥
Transliteration
daśa-dhenu-sahasrāṇi pāribarham adād vibhuḥ yuvatīnāṁ tri-sāhasraṁ niṣka-grīva-suvāsasamnava-nāga-sahasrāṇi nāgāc chata-guṇān rathān rathāc chata-guṇān aśvān aśvāc chata-guṇān narān
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
daśa — ten; dhenu — of cows; sahasrāṇi — thousands; pāribarham — wedding gift; adāt — gave; vibhuḥ — the powerful (King Nagnajit); yuvatīnām — of young women; tri-sāhasram — three thousand; niṣka — golden ornaments; grīva — on whose necks; su — excellent; vāsasam — whose dress; nava — nine; nāga — of elephants; sahasrāṇi — thousands; nāgāt — than the elephants; śata-guṇān — one hundred times more (nine hundred thousand); rathān — chariots; rathāt — than the chariots; śata-guṇān — one hundred times more (ninety million); aśvān — horses; aśvāt — than the horses; śata-guṇān — one hundred times more (nine billion); narān — men.
Translation
“As the dowry, powerful King Nagnajit gave ten thousand cows, three thousand young maidservants wearing golden ornaments on their necks and bedecked in fine clothing, nine thousand elephants, a hundred times as many chariots as elephants, a hundred times as many horses as chariots, and a hundred times as many manservants as horses.”