Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.107
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13.107.1
उक्तं ते गोप्रदानं वै नाचिकेतमृषिं प्रति ।
माहात्म्यमपि चैवोक्तमुद्देशेन गवां प्रभो ॥ १३.१०७.१ ॥
O lord, you have spoken of the gift of cows made to the sage Nāciketa, and you have also briefly described the greatness of cows.
13.107.2
नृगेण च महद्दुःखमनुभूतं महात्मना ।
एकापराधादज्ञानात्पितामह महामते ॥ १३.१०७.२ ॥
And, O grandsire, O greatly wise one, the great-souled Nṛga endured great suffering because of a single offence committed through ignorance.
13.107.3
द्वारवत्यां यथा चासौ निविशन्त्यां समुद्धृतः ।
मोक्षहेतुरभूत्कृष्णस्तदप्यवधृतं मया ॥ १३.१०७.३ ॥
And I have ascertained how, as he was entering Dvārakā, he was lifted up, and how Kṛṣṇa became the cause of his deliverance.
13.107.4
किं त्वस्ति मम संदेहो गवां लोकं प्रति प्रभो ।
तत्त्वतः श्रोतुमिच्छामि गोदा यत्र वसन्त्युत ॥ १३.१०७.४ ॥
But, O lord, I have a doubt concerning the world of cows: I wish to hear in truth where the donors of cows dwell.
13.107.5
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
यथाऽपृच्छत्पद्मयोनिमेतदेव शतक्रतुः ॥ १३.१०७.५ ॥
Here too they relate this ancient history, just as Indra, the hundred-sacrificer, asked the lotus-born one (Brahmā) this very question.
13.107.6
स्वर्लोकवासिनां लक्ष्मीमभिभूय स्वयाऽर्चिषा ।
गोलोकवासिनः पश्ये वदतां संशयोऽत्र मे ॥ १३.१०७.६ ॥
I see the dwellers of the cow-world surpassing the splendour of the dwellers of heaven by their own radiance; here, among those who speak, I have a doubt.
13.107.7
कीदृशा भगवँल्लोका गवां तद्बूहि मेऽनघ ।
यानावसन्ति दातार एतदिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥ १३.१०७.७ ॥
O venerable one, O sinless one, tell me what kind of worlds these cow-worlds are, in which the givers dwell; I wish to know this.
13.107.8
कीदृशाः किंफलाः किंस्वित्परमस्तत्र को गुणः ।
कथं च पुरुषास्तत्र गच्छन्ति विगतज्वराः ॥ १३.१०७.८ ॥
What kind are they, what is their fruit, what is the supreme quality there, and how do men go there free from distress?
13.107.9
कियत्कालं प्रदानस्य दाता च फलमश्नुते ।
कथं बहुविधं दानं स्यादल्पमपि वा कथम् ॥ १३.१०७.९ ॥
For how long does the giver enjoy the fruit of a gift? How is a gift of many kinds, and how is even a small gift?
13.107.10
बह्वीनां कीदृशं दानमल्पानां वाऽपि दीदृशम् ।
अदत्त्वा गोप्रदाः सन्ति केन वा तच्च शंस मे ॥ १३.१०७.१० ॥
What is the gift of many, or likewise of few? Who are the cow-givers who give without giving, or by what means? Tell me that.
13.107.11
कथं वा बहुदाता स्यादल्पदात्रा समः प्रभो ।
अल्पप्रदाता बहुदः कथं स्वित्स्यादिहेश्वर ॥ १३.१०७.११ ॥
O lord, how can the great giver be equal to the small giver? How can the small giver be a great donor of fruit, O lord?
13.107.12
कीदृशी दक्षिणा चैव गोप्रदाने विशिष्यते ।
एतत्तथ्येन भगवन्मम शंसितुमर्हसि ॥ १३.१०७.१२ ॥
What kind of sacrificial fee is it that distinguishes the gift of cows? O venerable one, you should truly declare this to me.