मृगाञ्छुक्लदत: कृष्णान् हिरण्येन परीवृतान् । अदात् कर्मणि मष्णारे नियुतानि चतुर्दश ॥ २८ ॥
mrgan chukla-datah krsnan hiranyena parivrtan adat karmani masnare niyutani caturdasa
- mrgan
- first-class elephants
- sukla-datah
- with very white tusks
- krsnan
- with black bodies
- hiranyena
- with gold ornaments
- parivrtan
- completely covered
- adat
- give in charity
- karmani
- in the sacrifice
- masnare
- by the name Masnara, or in the place known as Masnara
- niyutani
- lakhs (one lakh equals one hundred thousand)
- caturdasa
- fourteen.
When Maharaja Bharata performed the sacrifice known as Masnara (or a sacrifice in the place known as Masnara), he gave in charity fourteen lakhs of excellent elephants with white tusks and black bodies, completely covered with golden ornaments.