Shloka 44
Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda
Kārttikeya
अध्यापयेरन् शिष्यान् वै गोमतीं यज्ञसम्मिताम् | त्रिरात्रोपोषितो भूत्वा गोमतीं लभते वरम्,विद्या और वेददव्रतमें निष्णात पुण्यात्मा ब्राह्मणोंको चाहिये कि वे अग्नियों और गौओंके बीचमें तथा ब्राह्मणोंकी सभामें शिष्योंको यज्ञतुल्य गोमतीविद्याकी शिक्षा दें। जो तीन राततक उपवास करके गोमती-मन्त्रका जप करता है, उसे गौओंका वरदान प्राप्त होता है
adhyāpayeyur śiṣyān vai gomatiṁ yajñasammitām | trirātropoṣito bhūtvā gomatiṁ labhate varam |
Vyāsa said: “Let learned Brāhmaṇas, well-trained in sacred knowledge and Vedic observances, teach their disciples the Gomatī-vidyā, a discipline held equal to a sacrifice (yajña)—taught before the sacred fires, between the fires and the cows, and within assemblies of Brāhmaṇas. One who fasts for three nights and recites the Gomatī mantra obtains the boon of cows.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse upholds disciplined transmission of sacred knowledge: qualified brāhmaṇas should teach the Gomati-vidyā in ritually appropriate settings, and sincere austerity—fasting for three nights with mantra-recitation—yields a concrete dharmic fruit, symbolized by the boon of cows.
Vyāsa describes a specific Vedic discipline (Gomati-vidyā/mantra), prescribing how it should be taught (to disciples, amid sacred fires and cows, and in brāhmaṇa assemblies) and stating the result for an observer who performs a three-night fast and recitation: attainment of the ‘boon of cows’.