Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.113
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13.113.1
एवमुक्त्वा ततो भीष्मः पुनर्धर्मसुतं नृपम् ।
जनमेजयभूपाल उवाचेदं सहेतुकम् ॥ १३.११३.१ ॥
Having spoken thus, Bhīṣma then addressed again the king, the son of Dharma. King Janamejaya said this, with its reasons.
13.113.2
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वसिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम् ।
इक्ष्वाकुवंशजो राजा सौदासो वदतां वरः ॥ १३.११३.२ ॥
At that very time, King Saudāsa, born in the Ikṣvāku line and the best of speakers, approached Vasiṣṭha, the best of sages.
13.113.3
सर्वलोकचरं सिद्धं ब्रह्मकोशं सनातनम् ।
पुरोहितमभिप्रष्टुमभिवाद्योपचक्रमे ॥ १३.११३.३ ॥
Bowing to the household priest, who moves through all worlds, is accomplished, a treasury of Brahman and eternal, he began to ask him.
13.113.4
त्रैलोक्ये भगवन्किंस्वित्पवित्रं कथ्यतेऽनघ ।
यत्कीर्तयन्सदा मर्त्यः प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यमुत्तमम् ॥ १३.११३.४ ॥
O revered one, O sinless one, what in the three worlds is said to be purifying, by praising which a mortal always obtains supreme merit?
13.113.5
तस्मै प्रोवाच वचनं प्रणताय हितं तदा ।
गवामुपनिषद्विद्यां नमस्कृत्य गवां शुचिः ॥ १३.११३.५ ॥
Then he spoke beneficial words to the one who had bowed, the secret teaching of the cows, having bowed to the cows and being pure.
13.113.6
गावः सुरभिगन्धिन्यस्तथा गुग्गुलुगन्धयः ।
गावः प्रतिष्ठा भूतानां गावः स्वस्त्ययनं महत् ॥ १३.११३.६ ॥
Cows are fragrant like surabhi, and fragrant like guggulu. Cows are the foundation of beings; cows are the great path to well-being.
13.113.7
गावो भूतं च भव्यं च गावः पुष्टिः सनातनी ।
गावो लक्ष्म्यास्तथा मूलं गोषु दत्तं न नश्यति ॥ १३.११३.७ ॥
Cows are the past and the future; cows are eternal nourishment. Cows are also the root of Lakṣmī, and what is given to cows does not perish.
13.113.8
अन्नं हि परमं गावो देवानां परमं हविः ।
स्वाहाकारवषट्कारौ गोषु नित्यं प्रतिष्ठितौ ॥ १३.११३.८ ॥
Cows are indeed the supreme food and the supreme oblation of the gods. The calls svāhā and vaṣaṭ are always established in cows.
13.113.9
गावो यज्ञस्य हि फलं गोषु यज्ञाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ।
गावो भविष्यं भूतं च गोषु यज्ञाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥ १३.११३.९ ॥
Cows are the fruit of sacrifice; sacrifices are established in cows. Cows are the future and the past; sacrifices are established in cows.
13.113.10
सायं प्रातश्च सततं होमकाले महाद्युते ।
गावो ददति वै हौम्यमृषिभ्यः पुरुषर्षभ ॥ १३.११३.१० ॥
Morning and evening, constantly, at the time of the oblation, O greatly radiant one, cows give the oblation-offering to the sages, O bull among men.
13.113.11
यानि कानि च दुर्गाणि दुष्कृतानि कृतानि च ।
तरन्ति चैव पाप्मानं धेनुं ये ददति प्रभो ॥ १३.११३.११ ॥
Whatever difficulties and evil deeds have been done, those who give a dhenu, a milch cow, cross over sin, O lord.
13.113.12
एकां च दशगुर्दद्याद्दश दद्याच्च गोशती ।
शतं सहस्रगुर्दद्यात्सर्वे तुल्यफला हि ते ॥ १३.११३.१२ ॥
One cow, or one worth tenfold, should be given; ten cows should be given, or a hundred cows; a hundred should be given, or one worth a thousandfold — all of these bring equal fruit.
13.113.13
अनाहिताग्निः शतगुरयज्वा च सहस्रगुः ।
समृद्धो यश्च कीनाशो नार्घमर्हन्ति ते त्रयः ॥ १३.११३.१३ ॥
He who has not kept the sacred fire, he who gives a hundred cows but does not sacrifice, he who gives a thousand cows, and he who is prosperous yet stingy — these three do not deserve the arghya.
13.113.14
कपिलां ये प्रयच्छन्ति सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् ।
सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतामुभौ लोकौ जयन्ति ते ॥ १३.११३.१४ ॥
Those who give a tawny cow with her calf, with a bronze milking-vessel, of good vows and clothed in cloth — they conquer both worlds.
13.113.15
युवानमिन्द्रियोपेतं शतेन सहयूथपम् ।
गवेन्द्रं ब्राह्मणेन्द्राय भूरिशृङ्गमलङ्कृतम् ॥ १३.११३.१५ ॥
A young bull endowed with vigour, worth a hundred cows, leader of the herd, lord among cattle, with many horns and adorned — to be given to the lord of brahmins.
13.113.16
वृषबं ये प्रयच्छन्ति श्रोत्रियाय परन्तप ।
ऐश्वर्यं तेऽधिगच्छन्ति जायमानाः पुनःपुनः ॥ १३.११३.१६ ॥
O scorcher of foes, those who give a bull to a learned brahmin attain sovereignty, being born again and again.
13.113.17
नाकीर्तयित्वा गाःक सुप्यात्तासां संस्मृत्य चोत्पतेत् ।
सायं प्रातर्नमस्येच्च गास्ततः पुष्टिमाप्नुयात् ॥ १३.११३.१७ ॥
One should not lie down without remembering the cows; one should rise remembering them. Morning and evening one should bow to the cows; thereby one obtains prosperity.
13.113.18
गवां मूत्रपुरीषस्य नोद्विजेत कथञ्चन ।
न चासां मांसमश्नीयाद्गवां पुष्टिं तथाऽऽप्नुयात् ॥ १३.११३.१८ ॥
One should never feel disgust at the urine and dung of cows, nor eat their flesh; thus one obtains the nourishment of cows.
13.113.19
गाश्च संकीर्तयन्नित्यं नावमन्येत तास्तथा ।
अनिष्टं स्वप्नमालक्ष्य गां नरः सम्प्रकीर्तयेत् ॥ १३.११३.१९ ॥
One should always praise cows and never despise them. Having seen an inauspicious dream, a man should duly praise the cow.
13.113.20
गोमयेन सदा स्नायाद्गोकरीषे च संविशेत् ।
श्लोष्ममूत्रपुरीषाणि प्रतिघातं च वर्जयेत् ॥ १३.११३.२० ॥
One should always bathe with cow-dung and sit upon a cow-dung cake. One should avoid phlegm, urine and feces, and the suppression of them.
13.113.21
सार्द्रे चर्मणि भुञ्जीत निरीक्षेद्वारुणीं दिशम् ।
वाग्यतः सर्पिषा भूमौ गवां व्युष्टिं सदाऽऽश्नुते ॥ १३.११३.२१ ॥
One should eat upon a moist hide, look toward the western quarter, and, restraining speech, offer ghee upon the ground; thus one always obtains the prosperity of cows.
13.113.22
घृतेन जुहुयादग्निं घृतेन स्वस्ति वाचयेत् ।
घृतं दद्याद्धृतं प्राशेद्गवां व्युष्टिं सदाऽऽश्नुते ॥ १३.११३.२२ ॥
One should offer oblations of ghee into the fire, have a blessing recited with ghee, give ghee and eat ghee; thus one always obtains the prosperity of cows.
13.113.23
गोमत्या विद्यया धेनुं तिलानामभिमन्त्र्य यः ।
सर्वरत्नमयीं दद्यान्न स शोचेत्कृताकृते ॥ १३.११३.२३ ॥
He who, having consecrated sesame with the Gomatī lore, gives a milch cow made of all jewels, does not grieve over what has been done or left undone.
13.113.24
गावो मामुपतिष्ठन्तु हेमशृङ्ग्यः पयोमुचः ।
सुरभ्यः सौरभेय्यश्च सरितः सागरं यथा ॥ १३.११३.२४ ॥
May the cows with golden horns, who shed milk, fragrant and of the lineage of Surabhi, come to me, as rivers flow to the ocean.
13.113.25
गा वै पश्याम्यहं नित्यं गावः पश्यन्तु मां सदा ।
गावोस्माकं वयं तासां यतो गावस्ततो वयम् ॥ १३.११३.२५ ॥
I always look upon the cows; may the cows always look upon me. The cows are ours, and we are theirs; since the cows exist, therefore we exist.
13.113.26
एवं रात्रौ दिवा चापि समेषु विषमेषु च ।
महाभयेषु च नरः कीर्तयन्मुच्यते भवात् ॥ १३.११३.२६ ॥
Thus, by night and by day, on level and on rough ground, and even in great dangers, a man who recites the praises is freed from worldly existence.