Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.84.52
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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dakṣiṇāḥ
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gifts of thanks (to the priests)
Dakṣiṇā is the closing payment that completes the yajña. Gauḍīyas note that yajña without dakṣiṇā is incomplete — the sastra (Manu 11.39) treats stingy yajña as worse than no yajña.
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yathā-āmnātam
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as stipulated in the scriptures
yathā (according to) + āmnāya (received tradition, śruti). Vasudeva pays according to śruti-prescription, not by improvisation. Gauḍīyas insist that even at the height of generosity, scriptural injunction sets the floor.
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go-bhū-kanyāḥ
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cows, land, and marriageable girls
go (cow) + bhū (land) + kanyā (girl). The three classical dakṣiṇā items. Gauḍīyas note that the cow heads the list — Bhagavān is gopāla, the cow-protector, and gifts of cows please Him in any context.
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su-alaṅkṛtebhyaḥ
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to those who were richly adorned
su- + alaṅkṛta (decorated). The priests were already richly adorned. Gauḍīyas read this as a quiet poetic touch: the priests are already glowing; Vasudeva adds to that glow.
Vasudeva (sa) gave donation (daksina) in the form of gold and jewels as well as cows, land and daughters of brahmanas.
After the sacrifice (atha), he decorated the priests with ornaments and gave them donations consisting of great gems, and gold, land, cows and girls.
After the sacrifice (atha), according to the scriptures, he decorated the priests with ornaments, though they were already ornaments, and gave them donations consisting of great or valuable gems, and gold, land, cows and girls.
Vasudeva, paying the priests, decorates them further though they are already adorned — like a host who finds his guests already shining and decides to add a small light next to them anyway. The dakṣiṇā is generosity in excess: cows, land, marriageable girls, and ornaments on the priest's ornaments.
My note
Source: vedabase.io