Chapter 13.77

Verse 1 View Details

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वसिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम् । इक्ष्वाकुवंशजो राजा सौदासो ददतां वरः ॥

Bhishma said Formerly, king Saudasa born of Ikshvaku's race, that foremost of eloquent men, on one occasion approached his family priest, viz., Vashishtha, that foremost of Rishis, crowned with ascetic success, capable of passing through every region, the receptacle of Brahma, and gifted with eternal life, and put to him the following question.

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Verse 2 View Details

सर्वलोकचरं सिद्धं ब्रह्मकोशं सनातनम् । पुरोहितमिदं प्रष्टुमभिवाद्योपचक्रमे ॥

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Verse 3 View Details

त्रैलोक्ये भगवन्किं स्वित्पवित्रं कथ्यतेऽनघ । यत्कीर्तयन्सदा मर्त्यः प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यमुत्तमम् ॥

Saudasa said O holy one, O sinless one, what is that in the three worlds which is sacred and by reciting which at all times a man may win high merit?

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Verse 4 View Details

तस्मै प्रोवाच वचनं प्रणताय हितं तदा । गवामुपनिषद्विद्वान्नमस्कृत्य गवां शुचिः ॥

Bhishma said Having first bowed to kine and purified himself, the learned Vashishtha described to king Saudasa who stood before him with head bent in reverence, the mystery about kine, a subject that is fraught with results highly beneficial to all persons.

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Verse 5 View Details

गावः सुरभिगन्धिन्यस्तथा गुग्गुलुगन्धिकाः । गावः प्रतिष्ठा भूतानां गावः स्वस्त्ययनं महत् ॥

Vashishtha said Kine, are always fragrant. The perfume of the Amyris agallochum comes out of their bodies. Kine are the great refuge of all creatures. Kine form the greet source of blessings to all.

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Verse 6 View Details

गावो भूतं भविष्यच्च गावः पुष्टिः सनातनी । गावो लक्ष्म्यास्तथा मूलं गोषु दत्तं न नश्यति । अन्नं हि सततं गावो देवानां परमं हविः ॥

Kine are the Past and the Future. Kine are the root of eternal growth. Kine are the root of Prosperity. Anything given to kine is never lost.

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Verse 7 View Details

स्वाहाकारवषट्कारौ गोषु नित्यं प्रतिष्ठितौ । गावो यज्ञस्य हि फलं गोषु यज्ञाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥

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Verse 8 View Details

सायं प्रातश्च सततं होमकाले महामते । गावो ददति वै होम्यमृषिभ्यः पुरुषर्षभ ॥

Morning and evening kine give to the Rishis, O foremost of men, Havi for use in Homa, O you of great effulgence.

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Verse 9 View Details

कानिचिद्यानि दुर्गाणि दुष्कृतानि कृतानि च । तरन्ति चैव पाप्मानं धेनुं ये ददति प्रभो ॥

They who make gifts of kine succeed in getting over all sins which they may have committed and all kinds of dangers into which they may fall, O you of great power.

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Verse 10 View Details

एकां च दशगुर्दद्याद्दश दद्याच्च गोशती । शतं सहस्रगुर्दद्यात्सर्वे तुल्यफला हि ते ॥

The man possessing ten kine and making a gift of one cow, one possessing a hundred kine and making a gift of ten kine, and one possessing a thousand kine and making a gift of a hundred kine, all acquire the same measure of merit.

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Verse 11 View Details

अनाहिताग्निः शतगुरयज्वा च सहस्रगुः । समृद्धो यश्च कीनाशो नार्घ्यमर्हन्ति ते त्रयः ॥

That man who, having hundred kine, does not establish a domestic fire for daily worship that man who though possessed of a thousand kine does not celebrate sacrifices, and that man who though having riches acts as a miser, are all three considered as not worthy of any respect.

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Verse 12 View Details

कपिलां ये प्रयच्छन्ति सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतामुभौ लोकौ जयन्ति ते ॥

Those men who make gifts of Kapila kine with their calves and with vessels of white brass for milking themkine, which are not vicious and which, while given away, are one wrapped round with clothsconquer both this and the next world.

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Verse 13 View Details

युवानमिन्द्रियोपेतं शतेन सह यूथपम् । गवेन्द्रं ब्राह्मणेन्द्राय भूरिशृङ्गमलंकृतम् ॥

Such persons as make gifts of a young bull, that has all its senses, strong, and that may be considered as the foremost among hundreds of herds, that has large horns adorned with ornaments, to a Brahmana endued with Vedic lore, succeed, O scorcher of foes, in acquiring great prosperity riches each time they are born in the world.

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Verse 14 View Details

वृषभं ये प्रयच्छन्ति श्रोत्रियाय परंतप । ऐश्वर्यं तेऽभिजायन्ते जायमानाः पुनः पुनः ॥

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Verse 15 View Details

नाकीर्तयित्वा गाः सुप्यान्नास्मृत्य पुनरुत्पतेत् । सायं प्रातर्नमस्येच्च गास्ततः पुष्टिमाप्नुयात् ॥

One should never go to bed without reciting the names of kine. Nor should one rise from bed in the morning without similarly reciting the names of kine, Morning and evening one should bend one's head respectfully to kine. As the result of such deeds, one is sure to acquire great prosperity.

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Verse 16 View Details

गवां मूत्रपुरीषस्य नोद्विजेत कदाचन । न चासां मांसमश्नीयाद्गवां व्युष्टिं तथाश्नुते ॥

One should never feel any repugnance for the urine and the dung of the cow. One should never eat the meat of kine. As the result of this, one is sure to acquire great prosperity.

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Verse 17 View Details

गाश्च संकीर्तयेन्नित्यं नावमन्येत गास्तथा । अनिष्टं स्वप्नमालक्ष्य गां नरः संप्रकीर्तयेत् ॥

One should always recite the names of kine. One should never show any disregard for kine in any way. If evil dreams are seen men should recite the names of kine.

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Verse 18 View Details

गोमयेन सदा स्नायाद्गोकरीषे च संविशेत् । श्लेष्ममूत्रपुरीषाणि प्रतिघातं च वर्जयेत् ॥

One should always bathe, using cowdung. One should sit on dried cowdung. One should never pass urine and excreta and other secretions on cowdung. One should never obstruct kine in any way.

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Verse 19 View Details

सार्द्रचर्मणि भुञ्जीत निरीक्षन्वारुणीं दिशम् । वाग्यतः सर्पिषा भूमौ गवां व्युष्टिं तथाश्नुते ॥

One should eat, sitting on a cowhide purified by dipping it in water, and then look towards the west. Sitting with controlled speech, one should eat clarified butter using the bare earth as his dish. One reaps, on account of such deeds, that prosperity of which kine are the root.

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Verse 20 View Details

घृतेन जुहुयादग्निं घृतेन स्वस्ति वाचयेत् । घृतं दद्याद्घृतं प्राशेद्गवां व्युष्टिं तथाश्नुते ॥

One should pour libations on the fire, using clarificd butter for purpose. One should make Brahmanas utter blessings upon one by presents of clarified butter. One should make gifts of clarified butter. One should also eat clarified butter. As the reward of such deeds one is sure to acquire that prosperity which kine grant.

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Verse 21 View Details

गोमत्या विद्यया धेनुं तिलानामभिमन्त्र्य यः । रसरत्नमयीं दद्यान्न स शोचेत्कृताकृते ॥

That man who inspires a cow's form made of sesame seeds by uttering the Vedic Mantras named Gomati, and then adorns that form with every sort of gems and makes a gift of it, has never to suffer any grief on account of all his deeds of omission and commission.

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Verse 22 View Details

गावो मामुपतिष्ठन्तु हेमशृङ्गाः पयोमुचः । सुरभ्यः सौरभेयाश्च सरितः सागरं यथा ॥

Let kine which give profuse milk and which have horns adorned with goldkine viz., that are Surabhis or the daughters of Surabhisapproach me even as rivers approach the ocean.

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Verse 23 View Details

गावः पश्यन्तु मां नित्यं गावः पश्याम्यहं तदा । गावोऽस्माकं वयं तासां यतो गावस्ततो वयम् ॥

I always look at kine. Let kine always look at me. Kine are ours. We are theirs. We are there where kine are.

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Verse 24 View Details

एवं रात्रौ दिवा चैव समेषु विषमेषु च । महाभयेषु च नरः कीर्तयन्मुच्यते भयात् ॥

Thus, at night or day, in weal or woe-at times of even great fearshould a man exclaim. By uttering such words, he is sure to become freed from every fear. By uttering such words, he is sure to become freed from every fear.

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