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ŚB 10.70.12

Devanagari

अवेक्ष्याज्यं तथादर्शं गोवृषद्विजदेवता: ।
कामांश्च सर्ववर्णानां पौरान्त:पुरचारिणाम् ।
प्रदाप्य प्रकृती: कामै: प्रतोष्य प्रत्यनन्दत ॥ १२ ॥

Text

avekṣyājyaṁ tathādarśaṁ
go-vṛṣa-dvija-devatāḥ
kāmāṁś ca sarva-varṇānāṁ
paurāntaḥ-pura-cāriṇām
pradāpya prakṛtīḥ kāmaiḥ
pratoṣya pratyanandata

Synonyms

avekṣya — looking; ājyam — at purified butter; tathā — and also; ādarśam — at a mirror; go — cows; vṛṣa — bulls; dvijabrāhmaṇas; devatāḥ — and demigods; kāmān — desired objects; ca — and; sarva — all; varṇānām — to the members of the social classes; paura — in the city; antaḥ-pura — and in the palace; cāriṇām — living; pradāpya — arranging to give; prakṛtīḥ — His ministers; kāmaiḥ — with fulfillment of their desires; pratoṣya — fully satisfying; pratyanandata — He greeted them.

Translation

He would then look at ghee, a mirror, the cows and bulls, the brāhmaṇas and the demigods and see to it that the members of all the social classes living in the palace and throughout the city were satisfied with gifts. After this He would greet His ministers, gratifying them by fulfilling all their desires.