Å›yÄmaika-varṇÄn varuṇo
hayÄn Å›uklÄn mano-javÄn
aṣṭau nidhi-patiḥ koÅ›Än
loka-pÄlo nijodayÄn

 Å›yÄma - dark blue; eka - exclusively; varṇÄn - colored; varuṇaḥ - Varuṇa, ruler of the oceans; hayÄn - horses; Å›uklÄn - white; manaḥ - (as the) mind; javÄn - swift; aṣṭau - eight; nidhi-patiḥ - the treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera; koÅ›Än - treasures; loka-pÄlaḥ - the rulers of various planets; nija - their own; udayÄn - opulences.


Text

Lord Varuṇa offered horses as swift as the mind, some of which were pure dark-blue, others white. The treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera, gave his eight mystic treasures, and the rulers of various planets each presented their own opulences.

Purport

ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« comments as follows on this verse: “The master of the treasury is Kuvera, and the eight treasures are his nidhis. These are described as follows:

padmaÅ› caiva mahÄpadmo
 matsya-kÅ«rmau tathaudakaḥ
nīlo mukundaḥ śaṅkhaś ca
 nidhayo ’ṣṭau prakÄ«rtitÄḥ

‘The eight mystic treasures are called Padma, MahÄpadma, Matsya, KÅ«rma, Audaka, NÄ«la, Mukunda and Åšaá¹…kha.’â€