Chapter 70
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 ॥
Transliteration
upasthāyārkam udyantaṁ tarpayitvātmanaḥ kalāḥ devān ṛṣīn pitṝn vṛddhān viprān abhyarcya cātmavāndhenūnāṁ rukma-śṛṅgīnāṁ sādhvīnāṁ mauktika-srajām payasvinīnāṁ gṛṣṭīnāṁ sa-vatsānāṁ su-vāsasāmdadau rūpya-khurāgrāṇāṁ kṣaumājina-tilaiḥ saha alaṅkṛtebhyo viprebhyo badvaṁ badvaṁ dine dine
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
upasthāya — worshiping; arkam — the sun; udyantam — rising; tarpayitvā — propitiating; ātmanaḥ — His own; kalāḥ — expansions; devān — the demigods; ṛṣīn — sages; pitṝn — and forefathers; vṛddhān — His elders; viprān — and brāhmaṇas; abhyarcya — worshiping; ca — and; ātma-vān — self-possessed; dhenūnām — of cows; rukma — (covered with) gold; śṛṅgīnām — whose horns; sādhvīnām — good-natured; mauktika — of pearls; srajām — with necklaces; payasvinīnām — giving milk; gṛṣṭīnām — having given birth only once; sa-vatsānām — together with their calves; su-vāsasām — nicely dressed; dadau — He gave; rūpya — (covered with) silver; khura — of their hooves; agrāṇām — the fronts; kṣauma — linen; ajina — deerskins; tilaiḥ — and sesame seeds; saha — together with; alaṅkṛtebhyaḥ — who were given ornaments; viprebhyaḥ — to learned brāhmaṇas; badvam badvam — (one hundred and seven) groups of 13,084 (thus totaling 1,400,000); dine dine — each day.
Translation
“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.”