Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.115
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13.115.1
घृतक्षीरप्रदा गावो घृतयोन्यो घृतोद्भवाः ।
घृतनद्यो घृतावर्तास्ता मे सन्तु सदा गृहे ॥ १३.११५.१ ॥
May the cows that give ghee and milk, whose source is ghee, born of ghee, and the rivers of ghee with their whirlpools of ghee, always be in my house.
13.115.2
घृतं मे हृदये नित्यं घृतं नाभ्यां प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
घृतं सर्वेषु गात्रेषु घृतं मे मनसि स्थितम् ॥ १३.११५.२ ॥
Ghee is always in my heart; ghee is established in my navel; ghee is in all my limbs; and ghee abides in my mind.
13.115.3
गावो ममाग्रतो नित्यं गावः पृष्ठत एव च ।
गावो मे सर्वतश्चैव गवां मध्ये वसाम्यहम् ॥ १३.११५.३ ॥
May the cows always be before me, and the cows behind me as well; the cows are all around me, and I dwell in the midst of the cows.
13.115.4
इत्याचम्य जपेत्सायं प्रातश्च पुरुषः सदा ।
यदह्ना कुरुते पापं तस्मात्स परिमुच्यते ॥ १३.११५.४ ॥
Having thus sipped water, a man should always recite the prayer in the evening and in the morning; from whatever sin he commits during the day, he is freed.
13.115.5
प्रासादा यत्र सौवर्णा वसोर्धाराश्च कामदाः ।
गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यत्र तत्र यान्ति सहस्रदाः ॥ १३.११५.५ ॥
Where there are golden palaces and streams of wealth that grant desires, where gandharvas and apsarases dwell, there go those who have given a thousand gifts.
13.115.6
नवनीतपङ्काः क्षीरोदा दधिशैवलसङ्कुलाः ।
वहन्ति यत्र वै नद्यस्तत्र यान्ति सहस्रदाः ॥ १३.११५.६ ॥
Where rivers flow with mud of fresh butter, waters of milk, thick with curd and moss, there go those who have given a thousand gifts.
13.115.7
गवां शतसहस्रं तु यः प्रच्छेद्यथाविधि ।
परां वृद्धिमवाप्याथ स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥ १३.११५.७ ॥
He who gives away a hundred thousand cows, duly and according to rule, obtains supreme prosperity and is honoured in the heavenly world.
13.115.8
दश चोभयतः प्रेत्य मातापित्रोः पितामहान् ।
दधाति सुकृताँल्लोकान्पुनाति च कुलं नरः ॥ १३.११५.८ ॥
Having died, a man establishes his ten grandfathers on both sides, of mother and father, in meritorious worlds, and he purifies his family as well.
13.115.9
धेन्वाः प्रमाणेन समप्रमाणां ।
धेनुं तिलानामपि च प्रदाय।
पानीयवापीः स यमस्य लोके ।
न यातनां काञ्चिदुपैति तत्र ॥ १३.११५.९ ॥
He who gives a cow of the same measure as a cow, made of sesame, reaches the water-tanks in Yama's world and there suffers no torment at all.
13.115.10
पवित्रमग्र्यं जगतः प्रतिष्ठा ।
दिवौकसां मातरोऽथाप्रमेयाः।
अन्वालभेद्दक्षिणतो व्रजेच्च ।
दद्याच्च पात्रे प्रसमीक्ष्य कालम् ॥ १३.११५.१० ॥
She is the most excellent purifier, the foundation of the world, the immeasurable mothers of the dwellers of heaven. One should touch her, go southward, and give to a worthy recipient, having duly considered the time.
13.115.11
धेनुं सवत्सां कपिलां भूरिशृङ्गीं ।
कांस्योपदोहां वसनोत्तरीयाम्।
प्रदाय तां गाहति दुर्विगाह्यां ।
याम्यां सभां वीतभयो मनुष्यः ॥ १३.११५.११ ॥
Having given a tawny cow with her calf, with many horns, with a bronze milking-vessel and a cloth as upper garment, a man, free from fear, enters the hard-to-enter assembly hall of Yama.
13.115.12
सुरूपा बहुरूपाश्चि विश्वरूपाश्च मातरः ।
गावो मामुपतिष्ठन्तामिति नित्यं प्रकीर्तयेत् ॥ १३.११५.१२ ॥
Fair-formed, many-formed, and all-formed are the cow-mothers: 'May the cows attend upon me'; thus one should constantly recite.
13.115.13
नातः पुण्यतरं दानं नातः पुण्यतरं फलम् ।
नातो विशिष्टं लोकेषु भूतं भवितुमर्हति ॥ १३.११५.१३ ॥
There is no gift more meritorious than this, and no fruit more meritorious than this. Among the worlds, no being can become superior to this.
13.115.14
त्वचा लोम्नाऽथ शृङ्गैर्वा वालैः क्षीरेण मेदसा ।
यज्ञं वहति सम्भूय किमस्त्यभ्यधिकं ततः ॥ १३.११५.१४ ॥
By skin, hair, horns, tail-hairs, milk, and fat, together they bear the sacrifice. What is higher than that?
13.115.15
यया सर्वमिदं व्याप्तं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।
तां धेनुं शिरसा वन्दे भूतभव्यस्य मातरम् ॥ १३.११५.१५ ॥
That cow by whom this whole world, the immovable and the moving, is pervaded — that cow, mother of what has been and what shall be, I bow to with my head.
13.115.16
गुणवचनसमुच्चयैकदेशो ।
नृवर मयैष गवां प्रकीर्तितस्ते।
न च परमिह दानमस्ति गोभ्यो ।
भवति न चापि परायणं ततोऽन्यम् ॥ १३.११५.१६ ॥
O best of men, this is a portion of the collection of praises of her qualities that I have declared to you concerning cows. Here there is no gift greater than cows, nor any supreme refuge other than them.
13.115.17
वरमिदमिति भूमिपो विचिन्त्य ।
प्रवरमृषेर्वचनं ततो महात्मा।
व्यसृजत नियतात्मवान्द्विजेभ्यः ।
सुबहु च गोधनमाप्तवांश्च लोकान् ॥ १३.११५.१७ ॥
Reflecting, "This is the best," that lord of the earth, great-souled and self-controlled, heeding the excellent word of the sage, bestowed much wealth in cows upon the twice-born, and thereby obtained the worlds.