Verse 21·VR 1.72.21

स गत्वा निलयं राजा श्राद्धं कृत्वा विधानतः | प्रभाते काल्यमुत्थाय चक्रे गोदानमुत्तमम् || १-७२-२१

sa gatvaa nilayam raajaa shraaddham kR^itvaa vidhaanataH | prabhaate kaalyam utthaaya cakre go daanam uttamam || 1-72-21

Translation

King Dasharatha on going to his visitatorial-palace has procedurally undertaken the tributary rituals, and on getting up in the next morning, he carried out the initiatory rituals of marriages, in a grand way, in which donation of cows is a part. [1-72-21]

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saH raajaa

he that, king Dasharatha

nilayam gatvaa

on going to visitatorial-palace

vidhaanataH shraaddham kR^itvaa

procedurally undertaking tributary rituals

prabhaate

in [next] morning

utthaaya

on getting up

kaalyam

in opportune time

uttamam godaanam

in grand [way,] cow donation [samaavartana, snaataka, initiatory rituals]

cakre

he carried out.

Chapter context

72

Marriage alliance for Bharata and Shatrughna

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