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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .3.36

yathā –
[yathaa –]
cārcikyaṁ vaijayantīṁ paṭam uru-puraṭodbhāsuraṁ bhūṣaṇānāṁ
[chaarchikyam vaijayanteem patam uru-puratodbhaasuram bhooshanaanaam]
śreṇiṁ māṇikya-bhājaṁ gaja-ratha-turagān karburān karbureṇa |
[shrenim maanikya-bhaajam gaja-ratha-turagaan karburaan karburena |]
dattvā rājyaṁ kuṭumbaṁ svam api bhagavate ditsur apy anyad uccair
[dattvaa raajyam kutumbam svam api bhagavate ditsur apy anyad uchchair]
deyaṁ kutrāpy adṛṣṭvā makha-sadasi tadā vyākulaḥ pāṇḍavo ’bhūt ||36||
[deyam kutraapy adrishtvaa makha-sadasi tadaa vyaakulah paandavo ’bhoot ||36||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathā –
cārcikyaṁ vaijayantīṁ paṭam uru-puraṭodbhāsuraṁ bhūṣaṇānāṁ
śreṇiṁ māṇikya-bhājaṁ gaja-ratha-turagān karburān karbureṇa |
dattvā rājyaṁ kuṭumbaṁ svam api bhagavate ditsur apy anyad uccair
deyaṁ kutrāpy adṛṣṭvā makha-sadasi tadā vyākulaḥ pāṇḍavo ’bhūt ||36||
After completing all the ceremonial functions at the rājasūya sacrifice, Yudhiṣṭhira desired to give Kṛṣṇa sandalwood, a vaijayantī garland, ornaments with the best rubies and gold, elephants, chariots, and horses decked in gold, his family and himself. Not seeing anything else worthy of giving, he became afflicted.

When Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira went with Kṛṣṇa into the arena of the Rājasūya sacrifice, in his imagination he began to anoint the body of Kṛṣṇa with pulp of sandalwood, he decorated Kṛṣṇa with a garland hanging down to His knees, he gave Kṛṣṇa garments all embroidered with gold, he gave Kṛṣṇa ornaments all bedecked with valuable jewels, and he gave Kṛṣṇa many fully decorated elephants, chariots and horses. He further wished to give Kṛṣṇa in charity his kingdom, his family and his personal self also. After so desiring, when there was nothing actually to give in charity, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira became very perturbed and anxious.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

Karburān karbureṇa means mixed with gold. This event was not the agra-pūja performed before the sacrifice, for the words makha-sadasi (in the assembly of the sacrifice) indicates it occurred after. Actually it occurred after the rites were completed.

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