Shloka 14
अपां फेनसवर्णा तु सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् | प्रदाय वस्त्रसंवीतां वारुणं लोकमाप्लनुते,जो जलके फेनके समान रंगवाली गौको वस्त्र ओढ़ाकर बछड़े और कांस्यके दुग्धपात्रसहित दान करता है, वह वरुणलोकको प्राप्त होता है
apāṁ phenasavarṇā tu savatsāṁ kāṁsyadohanām | pradāya vastrasaṁvītāṁ vāruṇaṁ lokam āpnute ||
Vasiṣṭha said: Whoever donates a cow whose color is like the foam of water, together with her calf, along with a bronze milking vessel, and presents her draped in cloth, attains the world of Varuṇa.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the dharmic principle that dāna (charitable gifting), when done with completeness (cow with calf and necessary implements) and with respect (clothed/covered), yields a specific karmic fruit—attainment of Varuṇa’s realm.
Vasiṣṭha is enumerating the results (phala) of particular forms of donation. Here he specifies a foam-colored cow, given with her calf, a bronze milking vessel, and a cloth covering, and states the resulting destination: Varuṇa-loka.