śyāmaika-varṇān varuṇo
hayān śuklān mano-javān
aṣṭau nidhi-patiḥ kośān
loka-pālo nijodayān
syama -- dark blue; eka -- exclusively; varnan -- colored; varunah -- Varuna, ruler of the oceans; hayan -- horses; suklan -- white; manah -- (as the) mind; javan -- swift; ashtau -- eight; nidhi-patih -- the treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera; kosan -- treasures; loka-palah -- the rulers of various planets; nija -- their own; udayan -- opulences.
Lord Varuna 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.
Srila Sridhara Svami 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:
padmas caiva mahapadmo
matsya-kurmau tathaudakah
nilo mukundah sankhas ca
nidhayo 'shtau prakirtitah
'The eight mystic treasures are called Padma, Mahapadma, Matsya, Kurma, Audaka, Nila, Mukunda and Sankha.' "
