Shloka 3
गोप्रदान-माहात्म्ये गोलोक-प्रश्नः
Gopradāna-Māhātmya: Inquiry into Goloka
मध्यदेशे महान ग्रामो ब्राह्म॒णानां बभूव ह | गंगायमुनयोर्मध्ये यामुनस्य गिरेरध:,नरेश्वर! मध्यदेशमें गंगा-यमुनाके मध्यभागमें यामुन पर्वतके निम्न स्थलमें ब्राह्मणोंका एक विशाल एवं रमणीय ग्राम था जो लोगोंमें पर्णशशालानामसे विख्यात था। वहाँ बहुत-से विद्वान ब्राह्मण निवास करते थे
bhīṣma uvāca | madhyadeśe mahān grāmo brāhmaṇānāṃ babhūva ha | gaṅgāyamunayor madhye yāmunasya girer adhaḥ |
Bhishma said: In the Madhyadeśa there once was a large settlement of Brahmins. It lay between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, below the slopes of the Yāmuna mountain. The passage introduces a renowned Brahmin village—an idealized setting of learning and disciplined life—preparing the ground for a dharma-teaching narrative rooted in the authority of sacred geography and the conduct of the learned.
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