Sarga 72: Kushadhwaja's Daughters
Kushadhwaja Kanya
The marriages of Kushadhwaja's daughters to the four princes.
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स गत्वा निलयं राजा श्राद्धं कृत्वा विधानत:। प्रभाते काल्यमुत्थाय चक्रे गोदानमुत्तमम्।
Meaning
Reaching his camp, the king duly performed the shraddha rites, and at dawn the next day performed the excellent gift of cows.
गवां शतसहस्राणि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नराधिप:। एकैकशो ददौ राजा पुत्रानुद्दिश्य धर्मत:।
Meaning
For the sake of each of his sons individually, the king righteously gave away a hundred thousand cows to Brahmins.
सुवर्णश्रुङ्गा स्सम्पन्ना स्सवत्सा: कांस्यदोहना:। गवां शतसहस्राणि चत्वारि पुरुषर्षभ:।
Meaning
These cows, gold-horned and abundant in milk, accompanied by their calves and bronze milking-vessels, numbered four hundred thousand in all.
वित्तमन्यच्च सुबहुद्विजेभ्यो रघुनन्दन:। ददौ गोदानमुद्दिश्य पुत्राणां पुत्रवत्सल:।
Meaning
The child-loving Dasaratha, delight of the Raghus, also gave the Brahmins great quantities of other wealth in his sons' names, along with the cows.
स सुतैः कृतगोदानैः वृतः स नृपतिस्तदा। लोकपालैरिवाभाति वृतः सौम्यः प्रजापतिः
Meaning
Amidst his sons, having completed the cow-donations, that serene king Dasaratha shone forth like Brahma, overlord of mankind, surrounded by the guardians of the world.