Shloka 4
Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)
पुष्ट्यर्थमेता: सेवेत शान्त्यर्थमपि चैव ह | पयोदधिघृतं चासां सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्
puṣṭyartham etāḥ seveta śāntyartham api caiva ha | payo-dadhi-ghṛtaṃ cāsāṃ sarva-pāpa-pramocanam ||
Bhishma dijo: «Debe el hombre atender y valerse de estas vacas para nutrir el cuerpo y también para apaciguar toda clase de obstáculos y perturbaciones. Se dice que su leche, su cuajada y su ghee liberan de todo pecado, y así sostienen una vida acorde con la pureza y el dharma».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Service to cows and the use of their sattvic products (milk, curd, ghee) are presented as dharmic supports for bodily well-being and for cultivating peace, with a traditional claim that they aid in purification from sin.
In Anushasana Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma continues advising on dharma and meritorious practices, here emphasizing the religious-ethical value of honoring cows and the purificatory status attributed to their products.