मणिरत्नं सुवर्णं वा गावो यद्वा समुद्यतम् | तत्प्रयच्छ नरश्रेष्ठ धरण्या न प्रयोजनम् || १-१४-४९
evam ukto narapatiH braahmaNaiH veda paaragaiH | gavaam shata sahasraaNi dasha tebhyo dadau nR^ipaH || 1-14-50 dasha koTi suvarNasya rajatasya catur guNam |
Translation
"Let best gems, gold, or cows or anything else that is available you may give us, what is the use of these vast expanses to us." So said the scholars. [1-14-49]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
narashreSTa
the best man
maNiratnam suvarNam vaa
best gems, gold, or
gaavaH yat vaa samudyatam
cows, whatever, else, [whatever that is,] available
tat prayacCha
that, you may give
dharaNyaa prayojanam na
no use with vast expanses.
Chapter context
Ashvamedha commenced as preamble to Putrakameshti ritual
58 verses · Verse 49 of 58
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