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Shloka 226

Chapter 85: Suvarṇasya Janma ca Pradāna-Phalam

The Origin of Gold and the Merit of Gifting

वसेयं यत्र वो देहे तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्ह थ । निष्पाप गौओ! वास्तवमें तुम्हारे अंगोंमें कहीं कोई कुत्सित स्थान नहीं दिखायी देता। तुम परम पुण्यमयी

vaseyaṁ yatra vo dehe tan me vyākhyātum arha tha | niṣpāpa gāvo! vāstavam evaṁ tumhāre aṅgoṁ meṁ kahīṁ koī kutsita sthāna nahīṁ dikhāyī detā | tuma parama puṇyamayī, pavitra aura saubhāgyaśālinī ho | ataḥ mujhe ājñā do | tumhāre śarīra meṁ jahāṁ maiṁ raha sakūṁ, usake liye mujhe spaṣṭa batāo ||

قال بهيشما: «بيّنوا لي بوضوح أين يمكنني أن أقيم داخل أجسادكم. أيتها الأبقار الطاهرات من الإثم، إنني حقًّا لا أرى في أيّ عضو من أعضائكم موضعًا دنيئًا أو نجسًا. إنكنّ غايةً في الاستحقاق والطهارة واليُمن. فامنحنني الإذن، وحدّدن صراحةً الموضع في أجسادكنّ الذي أستطيع أن أسكن فيه».

वसेयम्may I dwell
वसेयम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
वःof you / your
वः:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Plural
देहेin (the) body
देहे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेह
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Dative, Singular
व्याख्यातुम्to explain
व्याख्यातुम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootव्याख्या + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
Formतुमुन्, Infinitive
अर्हथyou are able / you ought
अर्हथ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह् (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 2nd, Plural, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
C
cows (gāvaḥ)

Educational Q&A

The verse emphasizes the intrinsic purity and auspiciousness attributed to cows and models ethical humility: even a revered elder like Bhishma seeks explicit permission and a proper place, showing reverence, restraint, and dharmic conduct.

Bhishma addresses a group of cows, praising them as sinless and wholly pure, and asks them to specify where within their bodies he may reside—requesting clear guidance and consent rather than presuming entitlement.