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  "name":"SB 9.20.28",
  "h1":"SB 9.20.28",
  "label":"Text 28",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.20.28",
  "description":"When Mahārāja Bharata performed the sacrifice known as Maṣṇāra [or a sacrifice in the place known as Maṣṇāra], he gave in charity fourteen lakhs of excellent elephants with white tusks and black bodies, completely covered with golden ornaments."

} —

SB 9.20.28

Text

mṛgāñ chukla-dataḥ kṛṣṇān
hiraṇyena parīvṛtān
adāt karmaṇi maṣṇāre
niyutāni caturdaśa

Synonyms

mṛgān—first-class elephants; śukla-dataḥ—with very white tusks; kṛṣṇān—with black bodies; hiraṇyena—with gold ornaments; parīvṛtān—completely covered; adāt—give in charity; karmaṇi—in the sacrifice; maṣṇāre—by the name Maṣṇāra, or in the place known as Maṣṇāra; niyutāni—lakhs (one lakh equals one hundred thousand); caturdaśa—fourteen.

Translation

When Mahārāja Bharata performed the sacrifice known as Maṣṇāra [or a sacrifice in the place known as Maṣṇāra], he gave in charity fourteen lakhs of excellent elephants with white tusks and black bodies, completely covered with golden ornaments.