दन्तिकोटि सहस्राणी वाजपेय शतानि च ।
कोटिकन्या महादानं एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥५॥
dantikoṭi sahasrāṇī vājapeya śatāni ca .
koṭikanyā mahādānaṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ..5..
koṭikanyā mahādānaṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ..5..
Gifting of thousands of crores of elephants, or
Performing hundreds of great sacrifices like the Vajapeya (sacrifices made by kings) or
Gifting of millions of daughters in marriage
Cannot be compared with the offering of a single Bilva leaf to Lord Shiva.
I offer one leaf of Bilva to Lord Shiva.
Performing hundreds of great sacrifices like the Vajapeya (sacrifices made by kings) or
Gifting of millions of daughters in marriage
Cannot be compared with the offering of a single Bilva leaf to Lord Shiva.
I offer one leaf of Bilva to Lord Shiva.
दन्तिकोटि (dantikoṭi) – crores of elephants (danti:elephant | koṭi:crores); सहस्राणी (sahasrāṇi) – thousands; वाजपेय (vājapeya) – Vajapeya sacrifices; शतानि (śatāni) – hundreds; च (ca) – and; कोटिकन्या (koṭikanyā) – millions of daughters (koṭi:millions | kanyā:daughters); महादानं (mahādānaṃ) – great gift (mahā:great | dānaṃ:gift); एकबिल्वं (ekabilvaṃ) – one Bilva leaf (eka:one | bilvaṃ:Bilva leaf); शिवार्पणम् (śivārpaṇam) – offering to Shiva (śiva:Shiva | arpaṇam:offering);
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