Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.124
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13.124.1
पवित्राणां पवित्रं यच्छ्रेष्ठं लोकेषु पूजितम् ।
महाव्रतं महाभाग तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥ १३.१२४.१ ॥
Of all purifying things, what is the purest, the best and most revered in the worlds, the great vow — tell me that, O greatly fortunate grandsire.
13.124.2
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
पितुः पुत्रस्य संवादं व्यासस्य च शुकस्य च ॥ १३.१२४.२ ॥
Here too they recite this ancient story: the dialogue of a father and son, the dialogue of Vyāsa and Śuka.
13.124.3
ऋषीणामुत्तमं कृष्णं भावितात्मानमच्युतम् ।
पारम्पर्यविशेषज्ञं सर्वशास्त्रार्थकोविदम् ॥ १३.१२४.३ ॥
The best of sages, Kṛṣṇa (Vyāsa), self-disciplined, the unfallen one, expert in the special lineage of tradition, skilled in the meaning of all the scriptures.
13.124.4
कृतशौचः शुकस्तत्र कृतजप्यः कृताह्निकः ।
परं नियममास्थाय परं धर्ममुपाश्रितः ॥ १३.१२४.४ ॥
There Śuka, having performed purification, recitation and his daily rites, took up the supreme observance and took refuge in the highest dharma.
13.124.5
प्रणम्य शिरसा व्यासं सूक्ष्मतत्वार्थदर्शिनम् ।
शुकः पप्रच्छ वै प्रश्नं दानधर्मकुतूहलः ॥ १३.१२४.५ ॥
Bowing his head to Vyāsa, the seer of subtle truths, Śuka, eager to know the dharma of giving, asked him a question.
13.124.6
बहुचित्राणि दानानि बहुशः शंससे मुने ।
महार्थं पावनं पुण्यं किंस्विद्दानं महाफलम् ॥ १३.१२४.६ ॥
O sage, you describe many wondrous kinds of gifts again and again. But which gift is of great purpose, purifying, meritorious, and yields great fruit?
13.124.7
केन दुर्गाणि तरति केन लोकानवाप्नुते ।
केन वा महदाप्नोति इह लोके परत्र च ॥ १३.१२४.७ ॥
By what does one cross over difficulties, by what does one attain the worlds, or by what does one obtain great fruit in this world and the next?
13.124.8
के वा यज्ञस्य वोढारः केषु यज्ञः प्रतिष्ठितः ।
किञ्च यज्ञस्य यज्ञत्वं किञ्च यज्ञस्य भेषजम्।
यज्ञानामुत्तमं किञ्च तद्भवान्प्रब्रवीतु मे ॥ १३.१२४.८ ॥
Who are the bearers of the sacrifice, upon what is the sacrifice established, what is the sacrificial nature of the sacrifice, what is its remedy, and what is the best of sacrifices? Tell me that.
13.124.9
स तस्मै भजमानाय जातकौतूहलाय च ।
व्यासो व्रतनिधिः प्राह गवामिदमनुत्तमम् ॥ १३.१२४.९ ॥
Vyāsa, the treasury of vows, spoke this supreme teaching about cows to him who had come seeking refuge, full of eager curiosity.
13.124.10
धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं लोके श्रुतिसुखावहम् ।
यत्पवित्रं पवित्राणां मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम् ॥ १३.१२४.१० ॥
It is blessed, bringing fame and long life, bringing joy to the ear in the world; it is the purest of the pure and the most auspicious of the auspicious.
13.124.11
सर्वपापप्रशमनं तत्समासेन मे शृणु ।
यदिदं तिष्ठते लोके जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्।
गावस्तत्प्राप्य तिष्ठन्ति गोलोके पुण्यदर्शनाः ॥ १३.१२४.११ ॥
Hear from me briefly that which pacifies all sins. The cows, having obtained that on which this world of the immovable and the movable stands, abide in Goloka, of auspicious appearance.
13.124.12
मातरः सर्वभूतानां विश्वस्य जगतश्च ह ।
रुद्राणामिह साध्यानां गाव एव तु मातरः ॥ १३.१२४.१२ ॥
Cows are indeed the mothers of all beings, of the universe and of the world; here too, for the Rudras and the Sādhyas, the cows are indeed the mothers.
13.124.13
रुद्राणां मातरो ह्येता ह्यादित्यानां स्वसा स्मृताः ।
वसूनां च दुहित्रस्ता ब्रह्मसन्तानमूलजाः ॥ १३.१२४.१३ ॥
These are the mothers of the Rudras, remembered as the sisters of the Ādityas, and they are the daughters of the Vasus; born from the root of Brahmā's lineage.
13.124.14
यासामधिपतिः पूषा मरुतो वालबन्धनाः ।
ऐश्वर्यं वरुणो राजा विश्वेदेवाः समाश्रिताः ॥ १३.१२४.१४ ॥
Whose lord is Pūṣan, the Maruts are bound by their tails, King Varuṇa is their sovereignty, and the All-gods have taken refuge in them.
13.124.15
य एवं वेद ता गावो मातरो देवपूजिताः ।
स विप्रो ब्रह्मलोकाय गवां लोकाय वा ध्रुवः ॥ १३.१२४.१५ ॥
He who knows thus, that these cows are mothers honoured by the gods — that brahmin is steadfast for the world of Brahmā or for the world of cows.
13.124.16
गावस्तु नावमन्येत कर्मणा मनसा गिरा ।
गवां स्थानं परं लोके प्रार्थयेद्यः परां गतिम् ॥ १३.१२४.१६ ॥
One should never despise cows by deed, mind or speech; whoever seeks the highest goal should pray in the world for the supreme place of the cows.
13.124.17
न पद्भ्यां ताडयेद्गा वै न दण्डेन न मुष्टिना ।
इमां विद्यामुपाश्रित्य पावनीं ब्रह्मनिर्मिताम् ॥ १३.१२४.१७ ॥
One should not strike cows with the foot, indeed not with a stick nor with the fist; having resorted to this purifying knowledge made by Brahmā.
13.124.18
मातॄणामन्ववाये च न गोमध्ये न गोव्रजे ।
नरो मूत्रपुरीषस्य दृष्ट्वा कुर्याद्विसर्जनम् ॥ १३.१२४.१८ ॥
In the presence of the lineage of mothers, among cows, and in the cow-pen, a man should not release urine or excrement; having seen this, he should act.
13.124.19
शुद्धाश्चन्दनशीताङ्ग्यश्चन्द्ररश्मिसमप्रभाः ।
सौम्याः सुरभ्यः सुभगा गावो गुग्गुलुगन्धयः ॥ १३.१२४.१९ ॥
Pure, with limbs cool as sandalwood, radiant like the rays of the moon, gentle, fragrant, auspicious cows, smelling of guggulu resin.
13.124.20
सर्वे देवाऽविशन्गा वै समुद्रमिव सिन्धवः ।
दिवं चैवान्तरिक्षं च गवां व्युष्टिं समश्नुते ॥ १३.१२४.२० ॥
All the gods entered the cows, as rivers enter the ocean. He who attains the prosperity of cows attains both heaven and the sky.
13.124.21
दधिना जुहुयादग्निं दधिना स्वस्ति वाचयेत् ।
दधि दद्याच्च प्राशेत गवां व्युष्टिं समश्नुते ॥ १३.१२४.२१ ॥
One should offer oblations into the fire with curds, and recite the blessing with curds. One should give curds and eat them; he attains the prosperity of cows.
13.124.22
घृतेन जुहुयादग्निं घृतेन स्वस्ति वाचयेत् ।
घृतमालभ्य प्राश्नीयाद्गवां व्युष्टिं समश्नुते ॥ १३.१२४.२२ ॥
One should offer oblations into the fire with clarified butter, and recite the blessing with clarified butter. Touching the clarified butter, one should eat it; he attains the prosperity of cows.
13.124.23
गावः संजीवना यास्तु गावो दानमनुत्तमम् ।
ताः पुण्यगोपाः सुफला भजमानं भजन्तु माम् ॥ १३.१२४.२३ ॥
The cows that give life, and the gift of cows is supreme — may those cows, guardians of merit and bearers of good fruit, favour me who serve them.
13.124.24
येन देवाः पवित्रेण स्वर्गलोकमितो गताः ।
तत्पवित्रं पवित्राणां मम मूर्ध्नि प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १३.१२४.२४ ॥
By that purifying means by which the gods went from here to the heavenly world, that purest of the pure is established upon my head.
13.124.25
वीणामृदङ्गपणवा गवां गात्रं प्रतिष्ठिताः ।
क्रीडारतिविहारार्थे त्रिषु लोकेषु वर्तते ॥ १३.१२४.२५ ॥
Lute, drum and tabor rest upon the body of the cows; for play, delight and recreation they exist in the three worlds.
13.124.26
न तत्र देवा वर्तन्ते नाग्निहोत्राणि जुह्वति ।
न यज्ञैरिज्यते चात्र यत्र गौर्वै न दृश्यते ॥ १३.१२४.२६ ॥
Where the cow is not seen, there the gods do not dwell, fire-offerings are not made, and no worship is performed with sacrifices.
13.124.27
क्षीरं दधि घृथं यासां रसानामुत्तमो रसः ।
अमृतप्रभवा गावस्त्रैलोक्यं येन जीवति ॥ १३.१२४.२७ ॥
Milk, curds and ghee — the finest of juices — come from the cows born of nectar, by whom the three worlds live.
13.124.28
इमामाहूय धेनुं च सवत्सां यज्ञमातरम् ।
उपाह्वयन्ति यां विप्रा गावो यज्ञहविष्कृतम् ॥ १३.१२४.२८ ॥
Calling upon this milch-cow with her calf, the mother of sacrifice, the brahmins invoke her; the cows are made of the sacrificial oblation.
13.124.29
या मेध्या प्रथमं कर्म इयं धेनुः सरस्वती ।
पौर्णमासेन वत्सेन कामं कामगुणान्विता ॥ १३.१२४.२९ ॥
This milch-cow, first among pure rites, is Sarasvatī; with the calf of the full-moon rite, endowed at will with desirable qualities.
13.124.30
यत्र सर्वमिदं प्रोतं यत्किंचिज्जङ्गमं जगत् ।
स गौर्वै प्रथमा पुण्या सर्वभूतहिते रता ॥ १३.१२४.३० ॥
That cow, in whom all this and whatever moving world is strung, is the first and holy one, devoted to the welfare of all beings.
13.124.31
धारणाः पावनाः पुण्या भावना भूतभावनाः ।
गावो मामभिरक्षन्तु इह लोके परत्र च ॥ १३.१२४.३१ ॥
Firm observances, purifying, meritorious, and contemplations that nourish beings — may the cows protect me in this world and in the next.
13.124.32
एष यज्ञः सहोपाङ्ग एष यज्ञः सनातनः ।
वेदाः सहोपनिषदो गवां रूपाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥ १३.१२४.३२ ॥
This sacrifice, with its subsidiary limbs, is this eternal sacrifice; the Vedas together with the Upaniṣads are established in the forms of cows.
13.124.33
एतत्तात मया प्रोक्तं गवामिह परं मतम् ।
सर्वतः श्रावयेन्नित्यं प्रयतो ब्रह्मसंसदि ॥ १३.१२४.३३ ॥
Dear son, this is the supreme doctrine I have declared concerning cows: the self-controlled man should always recite it to others in an assembly of Brahmins.
13.124.34
श्रुत्वा लभेत ताँल्लोकान्ये मया परिकीर्तिताः ।
श्रावयित्वापि प्रीतात्मा लोकांस्तान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १३.१२४.३४ ॥
Having heard it, one obtains those worlds that I have described; and the man of gladdened heart who has caused it to be heard also attains those same worlds.
13.124.35
धेनुमेकां समादद्यादहन्यहनि पावनीम् ।
तत्तथा प्राप्नुयाद्विप्रः पठन्वै गोमतीं सदा ॥ १३.१२४.३५ ॥
A Brahmin should accept one purifying milch-cow day after day; and reciting the Gomatī always, he obtains that same result.
13.124.36
अथ धेनुर्न विद्यते तिलधेनुमनुत्तमाम् ।
दद्याद्गोमतिकल्पेन तां धेनुं सर्वपावनीम् ॥ १३.१२४.३६ ॥
If a cow is not available, one should give the most excellent sesame-cow, which purifies everything, according to the rite of the Gomatī.
13.124.37
आह्निकं गोमतीं नित्यं यः पठेत सदा नरः ।
सर्वपापात्प्रमुच्येत प्रयतात्मा य आचरेत् ॥ १३.१२४.३७ ॥
The man who always recites the daily Gomatī observance, and who lives with a disciplined self, is freed from all sins.
13.124.38
घृतं वा नित्यमालभ्य प्राश्य वा गोमतीं जपेत् ।
स्नात्वा वा गोकरीषेण पठन्पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ १३.१२४.३८ ॥
Having always touched or tasted ghee, one should recite the Gomatī silently; or, having bathed with cow dung and reciting, one is freed from sin.
13.124.39
मनसा गोमतीं जप्येद्गोमत्या नित्यमाह्निकम् ।
न त्वेन दिवसं कुर्याद्व्यर्थं गोमत्यपाठकः ॥ १३.१२४.३९ ॥
One should recite the Gomatī mentally and perform the daily observance with the Gomatī; but one who does not recite the Gomatī spends the day in vain.
13.124.40
गोमतीं जपमाना हि देवा देवत्वमाप्नुवन् ।
ऋषित्वमृषयश्चापि गोमत्या सर्वमाप्नुवन् ॥ १३.१२४.४० ॥
Chanting the Gomatī, the gods attained divinity, and the sages too attained the state of sages; through the Gomatī they obtained everything.
13.124.41
बद्धो बन्धात्प्रमुच्येत कृच्छ्रान्मुच्येत सङ्कटात् ।
गोमतीं सेवते यस्तु लभते प्रियसङ्गमम् ॥ १३.१२४.४१ ॥
The bound man is freed from bondage and released from distress and peril; he who serves the Gomatī obtains union with the beloved.
13.124.42
एतत्पवित्रं कार्त्स्न्येन एतद्व्रतमनुत्तमम् ।
एतत्तु पृथिवीपाल पावनं शृण्वतां सदा ॥ १३.१२४.४२ ॥
This is entirely purifying, this is the supreme vow; O protector of the earth, this always purifies those who hear it.
13.124.43
पुत्रकामाश्च ये केचिद्धनकामाश्च मानवाः ।
अद्धाने चोरवैरिभ्यो मुच्यते गोमतीं पठन् ॥ १३.१२४.४३ ॥
Men who desire sons, and those who desire wealth, and those who fear thieves and enemies on the road, are freed by reciting the Gomatī.
13.124.44
पूर्ववैरानुबन्धेषु रणए चाप्याततायिनः ।
लभेत जयमेवाशु सदा गोमतिपाठकः ॥ १३.१२४.४४ ॥
In battles bound by old enmity, and in war even against aggressors, the one who recites the Gomatī always swiftly obtains victory.