मृगान्छुक्लदतः कृष्णान् हिरण्येन परीवृतान् ।
अदात् कर्मणि मष्णारे नियुतानि चतुर्दश ॥२८॥

má¹›gÄñ chukla-dataḥ kṛṣṇÄn
hiraṇyena parÄ«vá¹›tÄn
adÄt karmaṇi maṣṇÄre
niyutÄni caturdaÅ›a

 má¹›gÄn - first-class elephants; Å›ukla-dataḥ - with very white tusks; kṛṣṇÄn - with black bodies; hiraṇyena - with gold ornaments; parÄ«vá¹›tÄn - completely covered; adÄt - give in charity; karmaṇi - in the sacrifice; maṣṇÄre - by the name MaṣṇÄra, or in the place known as MaṣṇÄra; niyutÄni - lakhs (one lakh equals one hundred thousand); caturdaÅ›a - fourteen.


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When MahÄrÄja Bharata performed the sacrifice known as MaṣṇÄra [or a sacrifice in the place known as MaṣṇÄra], he gave in charity fourteen lakhs of excellent elephants with white tusks and black bodies, completely covered with golden ornaments.

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