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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.59.37

ఐరావతకులేభాంశ్చ చతుర్దన్తాంస్తరస్విన: । పాణ్డురాంశ్చ చతు:షష్టిం ప్రేరయామాస కేశవ: ॥ ౩౭ ॥
airāvata-kulebhāṁś ca
[airaavata-kulebhaamsh cha]
catur-dantāṁs tarasvinaḥ
[chatur-dantaams tarasvinah]
pāṇḍurāṁś ca catuḥ-ṣaṣṭiṁ
[paanduraamsh cha chatuh-shashtim]
prerayām āsa keśavaḥ
[prerayaam aasa keshavah]
airāvata — of Airāvata, Lord Indra’s carrier kula — from the family ibhān — elephants ca — also catuḥ — four dantān — having tusks tarasvinaḥ — swift pāṇḍurān — white ca — and catuḥ - ṣaṣṭim — sixty-four prerayām āsa — dispatched keśavaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
airāvata-kulebhāṁś ca
airāvata
of Airāvata, Lord Indra’s carrier
kula
from the family
ibhān
elephants
ca
also
catur-dantāṁs tarasvinaḥ
catuḥ
four
dantān
having tusks
tarasvinaḥ
swift
pāṇḍurāṁś ca catuḥ-ṣaṣṭiṁ
pāṇḍurān
white
ca
and
catuḥ - ṣaṣṭim
sixty-four
prerayām āsa keśavaḥ
prerayām āsa
dispatched
keśavaḥ
Lord Kṛṣṇa .
  • airāvata — Airāvata (Indra's elephant)
    Airāvata — the cosmic white elephant, Indra's mount. Bhauma's elephants are described as descended from Airāvata's family; Kṛṣṇa moves them to Dvārakā. Even Indra's lineage is finally Kṛṣṇa's property.
  • catuḥ - dantān — four-tusked
    Compound: catuḥ (four) + danta (tooth). Four tusks mark elephants of celestial lineage — ordinary elephants have two. A small detail that signals the cosmic register of the chapter's spoils.
  • pāṇḍurān — white
    Pāṇḍura — pale, white. Auspicious color for sacred elephants. The Bhāgavatam loves these chromatic anchors — dark Kṛṣṇa, white elephants, golden chariots.
  • keśavaḥ — Kṛṣṇa (the one with beautiful hair, or 'master of Brahmā and Śiva')
    Keśava — one of Kṛṣṇa's classical names, given two traditional etymologies: 'fine-haired' (keśa) and 'Lord of ka (Brahmā) and īśa (Śiva)'. Either reading exalts the Lord.
Lord Kṛṣṇa also dispatched sixty-four swift white elephants, descendants of Airāvata, who each sported four tusks.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Lord Kṛṣṇa also dispatched sixty-four swift white elephants, descendants of Airāvata, who each sported four tusks.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The word ca indicates that besides the sixty-four swift elephants almost sixty thousand other elephants were also sent to Dvārakā. Viṣṇu Purāṇa says: catur-daṁṣṭrān gajāṁś cāgryān ṣaṭ-sahasrāṁś ca dṛṣṭavān / kāṁbojānāṁ tathāśvānāṁ niyutāny eka-viṁśatim // tāḥ kanyāstāṁs tathā nāgāṁs tān aśvān dvārakāṁ purīm / prāpayām āsa govindaḥ sadyo naraka-kiṅkaraiḥ // He saw sixty thousand elephants with four tusks and twenty-one million horses from Kāmboja. He sent the princesses, the elephants and horses to Dvārakā along with the servants of Naraka. Hari-vaṁśa gives this description of the guards: bhīma-rūpāś ca mātaṅgāḥ pravāla-vikṛtāṅkuśāḥ // hema-sūtra-mahā-kakṣyāś cāpatomara-śālinaḥ / rucirābhiḥ patākābhir śavalā vividhāḥ kuthāḥ // te ca viṁśati-sāhasrā dvistāvatyaḥ kareṇavaḥ / The elephant keepers were ferocious. They had curved goads made of coral, shirts of gold thread and were equipped with bows and lances. They were made colorful with various attractive flags. They numbered twenty thousand. There were twice as many elephants. Thus other than the four tusked elephants there were many more. The second ca indicates those elephants were also sent. Varuṇa’s umbrella and the jeweled mountain were not sent to Dvārakā but were placed on Garuḍa and went to Svarga. Viṣṇu Purāṇa says ṭadṛśe vāruṇaṁ cchatraṁ tathaiva maṇi-parvatam / āropayām āsa harir garuḍe patageśvare // The Lord placed the umbrella of Varuṇa and the jewel mountain on Garuḍa. tatas tad vāruṇaṁ chatraṁ svayam utkṣipya mādhavaḥ / hiraṇyavarṣaṁ kurvantam āruroha vihaṁgatam // Kṛṣṇa raised up the umbrella of Varuṇa, which produced a shower of gold, and mounted Garuḍa. Later it is said: tasya parvata-rājasya śṛṅgaṁ yat paramārcitam / vimalārkendu-saṁkāśaṁ maṇi-kāṣcana-toraṇam // sapakṣi-gaṇa-mātaṅgaṁ samṛga-vyāla-pādapam / śākhā-mṛga-gaṇair juṣṭaṁ suprastara-śilātalam // nyaṅkubhiś ca varāhaiś ca rurubhiś ca niṣevitam / saprapāta-mahāsānuṁ vicitra-śikhara-drumam // atyadbhutam acintyaṁ ca mṛga-vṛnda-viloḍitam / jīvaṁjīvaka-saṁghaiś ca barhibhiś ca nisevitam // tad apy atibalo viṣṇur dorbhyām utpāṭya bhāsvaram / āropayām āsa tadā garuḍe pakṣiṇāṁ vare // maṇi-parvata-śṛṅgaṁ ca sabhāryaṁ ca janārdanam / uvāha līlayā pakṣī garuḍaḥ patatāṁ varaḥ // The peak of the king of mountains was worthy of supreme worship. It appeared to be a spotless sun and moon, a jeweled gate. It had birds, elephants, deer, snakes, monkey and trees. It was made of broad slabs of rock. On it lived antelope, boars and rurus. It had cliffs, huge plateaus, colorful peaks and trees. Astonishing, inconceivable mountain herds of deer ran about on it. On it lived groups of partridges and peacocks. Mighty Kṛṣṇa lifted the shining mountain with his arms and placed it on Garuḍa, the best of birds. Garuḍa, the best of birds, carried the jeweled mountain peak along with Kṛṣṇa and his wife very easily.

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Sixty-four white four-tusked elephants stream south behind the palanquins like a cloud-train. Kṛṣṇa drains Bhauma's stables into Dvārakā's — the demon hoarded; the Lord redistributes. Bhagavān's economy: nothing accumulates for itself, everything flows toward His own.

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