चतु:शतं पारिबर्हं गजानां हेममालिनाम् । अश्वानामयुतं सार्धं रथानां च त्रिषट्शतम् ॥ ३१ ॥ दासीनां सुकुमारीणां द्वे शते समलङ्कृते । दुहित्रे देवक: प्रादाद् याने दुहितृवत्सल: ॥ ३२ ॥
catuḥ-śataṁ pāribarhaṁ gajānāṁ hema-mālinām aśvānām ayutaṁ sārdhaṁ rathānāṁ ca tri-ṣaṭ-śatam dāsīnāṁ sukumārīṇāṁ dve śate samalaṅkṛte duhitre devakaḥ prādād yāne duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ
- catuḥ-śatam
- four hundred
- pāribarham
- dowry
- gajānām
- of elephants
- hema-mālinām
- decorated with garlands of gold
- aśvānām
- of horses
- ayutam
- ten thousand
- sārdham
- along with
- rathānām
- of chariots
- ca
- and
- tri-ṣaṭ-śatam
- three times six hundred (eighteen hundred)
- dāsīnām
- of maidservants
- su-kumārīṇām
- very young and beautiful unmarried girls
- dve
- two
- śate
- hundred
- samalaṅkṛte
- fully decorated with ornaments
- duhitre
- unto his daughter
- devakaḥ
- King Devaka
- prādāt
- gave as a gift
- yāne
- while going away
- duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ
- who was very fond of his daughter Devakī
Devakī’s father, King Devaka, was very much affectionate to his daughter. Therefore, while she and her husband were leaving home, he gave her a dowry of four hundred elephants nicely decorated with golden garlands. He also gave ten thousand horses, eighteen hundred chariots, and two hundred very beautiful young maidservants, fully decorated with ornaments.