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Chapter 3.115 - Verse 12

Sanskrit Text

एकतःश्यामकर्णानां पाण्डुराणां तरस्विनाम् सहस्रं वाजिनां शुल्कमिति विद्धि द्विजोत्तम

English Translation

Thereupon Gadhi thus spoke to that Brahmana of rigid vows, "There is a custom in our family, established from the days of yore. O foremost of Brahmanas, know, the bridegroom must give a dowry of one thousand swift and brown coloured and black-eared horses.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

एकतः | श्यामकर्णानां | पाण्डुराणां | तरस्विनाम्
सहस्रं | वाजिनां | शुल्कम् | इति | विद्धि | द्विज + उत्तम