Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28


Sanskrit:

कुत्रचिद्‌‌द्विजमुख्येभ्यो ददतं गा: स्वलङ्कृता: ।इतिहासपुराणानि श‍ृण्वन्तं मङ्गलानि च ॥ २८ ॥

ITRANS:

kutracid dvija-mukhyebhyodadataṁ gāḥ sv-alaṅkṛtāḥitihāsa-purāṇāniśṛṇvantaṁ maṅgalāni ca

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.