ŚB 10.69.28
Canto 10, Chapter 69, Text 28
कुत्रचिद्द्विजमुख्येभ्यो ददतं गा: स्वलङ्कृता: ।
इतिहासपुराणानि शृण्वन्तं मङ्गलानि च ॥ २८ ॥
इतिहासपुराणानि शृण्वन्तं मङ्गलानि च ॥ २८ ॥
kutracid dvija-mukhyebhyo
dadataṁ gāḥ sv-alaṅkṛtāḥ
itihāsa-purāṇāni
śṛṇvantaṁ maṅgalāni ca
dadataṁ gāḥ sv-alaṅkṛtāḥ
itihāsa-purāṇāni
śṛṇvantaṁ maṅgalāni ca
Word by word
kutracit — somewhere; dvija — to brāhmaṇas; mukhyebhyaḥ — excellent; dadatam — giving; gāḥ — cows; su — well; alaṅkṛtāḥ — ornamented; itihāsa — epic histories; purāṇāni — and the Purāṇas; śṛṇvantam — hearing; maṅgalāni — auspicious; ca — and.
Translation
Somewhere He was giving well-decorated cows to exalted brāhmaṇas, and elsewhere he was listening to the auspicious narration of epic histories and Purāṇas.
Purport
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī informs us that giving cows in charity occurs in the morning, while hearing the histories takes place in the afternoon.