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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.83.37

పితా మే పూజయామాస సుహృత్సమ్బన్ధిబాన్ధవాన్ । మహార్హవాసోఽలఙ్కారై: శయ్యాసనపరిచ్ఛదై: ॥ ౩౭ ॥
pitā me pūjayām āsa
[pitaa me poojayaam aasa]
suhṛt-sambandhi-bāndhavān
[suhrit-sambandhi-baandhavaan]
mahārha-vāso-’laṅkāraiḥ
[mahaarha-vaaso-’lankaaraih]
śayyāsana-paricchadaiḥ
[shayyaasana-parichchadaih]
pitā — father me — my pūjayām āsa — worshiped suhṛt — his friends sambandhi — immediate relations bāndhavān — and other family members mahā — very arha — valuable vāsaḥ — with clothing alaṅkāraiḥ — and jewelry śayyā — with beds āsana — thrones paricchadaiḥ — and other furniture .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pitā me pūjayām āsa
pitā
father
me
my
pūjayām āsa
worshiped
suhṛt-sambandhi-bāndhavān
suhṛt
his friends
sambandhi
immediate relations
bāndhavān
and other family members
mahārha-vāso-’laṅkāraiḥ
mahā
very
arha
valuable
vāsaḥ
with clothing
alaṅkāraiḥ
and jewelry
śayyāsana-paricchadaiḥ
śayyā
with beds
āsana
thrones
paricchadaiḥ
and other furniture .
  • suhṛt - sambandhi - bāndhavān — friends, immediate relations, and (other) family
    Suhṛt (good-hearted, well-wisher) + sambandhi (related by marriage) + bāndhava (kinsman). The three layers of Vedic family economy. Bṛhatsena honors all three — the dāna ripples outward.
  • mahā - arha - vāsaḥ — very valuable clothing
    Mahā (great) + arha (worthy) + vāsas (clothing). Vedic dāna's first item — clothing for the relatives. Cf. verse 38's mahā-arhāṇi āyudhāni — the same compound for the weapons given to Kṛṣṇa Himself.
  • alaṅkāraiḥ — with ornaments
    Alaṅkāra — ornament; also the rhetorical figure in Sanskrit poetics. Vedic dāna invests material into relationship; ornaments mark the recipient as part of the family's outer circle.
  • śayyā - āsana - paricchadaiḥ — with beds, thrones, and other furniture
    Śayyā (bed) + āsana (seat) + paricchada (covering, furnishing). Household goods that mark the recipients as permanent residents in dignity. Bṛhatsena is establishing each relative as householder-in-relation-to-Kṛṣṇa's-family.
  • pūjayām āsa — he honored, worshipped
    Pūjana (worship) — the same verb used for ritual deity-worship. Vedic dāna toward relatives is conceived as pūjā — they are honored as forms of the Lord's expanded sambandha.
My father honored his friends, family and in-laws with priceless clothing and jewelry and with royal beds, thrones and other furnishings.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
My father honored his friends, family and in-laws with priceless clothing and jewelry and with royal beds, thrones and other furnishings.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The king honored the Lord’s friends and relations through that marriage (sambandhi) and other relatives (bāndhavān). At the time of the marriage the king himself came to Dvārakā.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The king honored his own or the Lord’s friends (suhṛt), relations through that marriage (sambandhi) and other relatives as well (bāndhavān). He honored them with priceless clothing etc. which were sent with them Or later the king himself came to Dvārakā.

Concepts
AsanaJiva

Bṛhatsena, having given his daughter, now gives gifts to every relative on both sides — clothing, jewelry, beds, thrones. The Vedic father's dāna does not end at the daughter; it spreads outward to the whole sambandha-network. Gauḍīya devotion inherits this: giving the heart to Kṛṣṇa is followed by giving to Kṛṣṇa's devotees.

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