elephent dead or alive is worth 1 lak rupees.
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Imported quote 23012 Prabhupada: Ivory, yes. There is a current proverb, "Dead elephant, one lakh rupees." Mara hati lakha taka: "Elephant, alive or dead, one lakh of rupees," on account of ivory. When the elephant is dead, it is put into a hole and covered. And after sometimes you find all the ivory. The bones and the teeth are very, very valuable. Formerly big, big kings, they used to manufacture their furniture of ivory and gold and silk pad. This is luxury. And the rooms bedecked with jewel. No electricity, no lamp. This is description of Krsna's sixteen thousand palace. Who has got now? Sixteen thousand wives and sixteen thousand palace of marble and furniture ivory and gold. Where is there now? Therefore Krsna is the richest. Aisvaryasya samagrasya [Visnu Purana 6.5.74].
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