Shloka 246
तथा क्षीरं क्षरन्त्येता रोहिण्यो5मृतसम्भवम् । प्रभो! आपके ऊपर अमृतका छींटा पड़ा है। गौओंका दूध बछड़ोंके पीनेसे जूठा नहीं होता। जैसे चन्द्रमा अमृतका संग्रह करके फिर उसे बरसा देता है, उसी प्रकार ये रोहिणी गौएँ अमृतसे उत्पन्न दूध देती हैं
tathā kṣīraṃ kṣaranty etā rohiṇyo ’mṛtasambhavam |
Bhīṣma said: “In the same way, these Rohiṇī cows yield milk that has arisen from nectar. Their milk is not rendered impure by calves drinking it; rather, like the moon that gathers the essence of nectar and then showers it forth, these cows produce milk of nectarean origin.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage elevates the cow’s milk as intrinsically pure and sacred—likened to nectar—supporting the ethical ideal of honoring and protecting cows and treating their gifts as ritually and morally wholesome.
Bhīṣma is explaining the exceptional sanctity of certain cows (Rohiṇī), asserting that their milk remains pure even after calves drink it, and illustrating this purity through the analogy of the moon collecting and raining down nectarean essence.