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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees …

[SB 1.9.2]

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tadā---at that time; te---all of them; bhrātaraḥ---the brothers; sarve---all together; sat-aśvaiḥ---drawn by first-class horses; svarṇa---gold; bhūṣitaiḥ---being decorated with; anvagacchan---followed one …

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Prabhupāda: So one very important word is here = sadaśvaiḥ svarṇa-bhūṣitaiḥ. Formerly the horses were used in military division. Horses, …

Dānavīr: One hundred and twenty-eight dollars an ounce.

Prabhupāda: Just see, at least fifty ounce will be required to decorate one horse. And one ounce is $120. So …

Devotees: Five thousand dollars.

Prabhupāda: Five thousand dollars. Such sixty-thousand horses, how much it comes? [laughter] Where is that gold? They are very much …

Therefore during marriage time, the girl is given by the father, according to his means, as many sārīs, nice sārīs, …

So this is the opulence. So much gold. When the Kurukṣetra battle was finished, so the treasury was also finished. …

[aside:] You have got that handkerchief?

Pradyumna: No.

Prabhupāda: No. Never mind. ...wanted to perform sacrifice. So sacrifice means he requires money, so much grains, so many ornaments, …

So Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja asked his brother Dhanañjaya, Arjuna, "So bring some money from somewhere. Otherwise how we can perform the …

So at that time, the brāhmaṇas were also not very greedy. So the king, during the sacrifice, gave them unlimited …

Formerly, people used to eat on golden plate, at least the royal families, and after eating they used to throw …

So this system was formerly even for golden plates. Once used, then it cannot be used second time. It is …

So there were heaps of golden plate lying near Himalayan mountain. So Kṛṣṇa was given information, er, Arjuna was given …