Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.58.50-51
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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pāribarham
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wedding gift
Sanskrit for marriage-gift; the father's send-off offering. Gauḍīya: the bride's father gives to the groom what the bride is worth in his eyes; here the worth is enormous because the bride is going to Bhagavān.
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dhenu
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of cows
Milking cows. Gauḍīya: gauḥ is the favourite gift to Kṛṣṇa — go-pāla, He who cares for cows. The dowry begins with cattle by rasa-logic; only later does the count run to horses and men.
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niṣka - grīva
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with golden ornaments on the neck
Compound niṣka (gold coin) + grīva (neck). The maidservants are decorated. Gauḍīya: the gift's smallest member is not stripped to bare attendance; even servants are gold-adorned, because they are going to serve Kṛṣṇa's household.
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vibhuḥ
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the powerful (King Nagnajit)
Powerful, lord. Often applied to Bhagavān, but here to the giving king. Gauḍīya: by giving, Nagnajit becomes vibhu — power is shown in giving, not in keeping.
There were a hundred times more chariots than elephants, and a hundred times more horses than chariots. And a hundred times more troops than horses. Previously those kings had been defeated by the bulls. Now they were defeated by the Yadus.
The cows given had newly given birth to calves. He gave them with the calves. The king was fully capable of giving (prabhuḥ) all these items. Cows are mentioned first because they were the best donation or since cows were very pleasing to Kṛṣṇa. The servant girls are mentioned before the elephants and chariots because of their superiority of service etc. Successively, more elephants, chariots, horses and foot soldiers were given. The number of maid servants was only a third of the number of elephants. Niṣkas only are mentioned since this was their main ornament, but it is understood the maid servants also wore other ornaments. The singular nāgāt, rathāt, and aśvāt are used to indicate a class. Narān refers to servants and foot soldiers.
When a father gives his daughter to the supreme Lord, the dowry is not a payment — it is the visible measure of his joy. Nagnajit's lakhs of cattle, elephants, chariots, and attendants stack into a single sentence: bhakti's overflow needs a quantity to be seen at all.
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Source: vedabase.io