अथर्त्विग्भ्योऽददात् काले यथाम्नातं स दक्षिणा: । स्वलङ्कृतेभ्योऽलङ्कृत्य गोभूकन्या महाधना: ॥ ५२ ॥
athartvigbhyo ’dadāt kāle yathāmnātaṁ sa dakṣiṇāḥ sv-alaṅkṛtebhyo ’laṅkṛtya go-bhū-kanyā mahā-dhanāḥ
- atha
- then
- ṛtvigbhyaḥ
- to the priests
- adadāt
- gave
- kāle
- at the appropriate time
- yathā-āmnātam
- as stipulated in the scriptures
- saḥ
- he
- dakṣiṇāḥ
- gifts of thanks
- su-alaṅkṛtebhyaḥ
- who were richly adorned
- alaṅkṛtya
- decorating them even more elaborately
- go
- cows
- bhū
- land
- kanyāḥ
- and marriageable girls
- mahā
- greatly
- dhanāḥ
- valuable
Then, at the appropriate time and according to scripture, Vasudeva remunerated the priests by decorating them with precious ornaments, though they were already richly adorned, and offering them valuable gifts of cows, land and marriageable girls.