Shloka 11
Nārāyaṇopadeśa to Mārkaṇḍeya (Cosmic Self-Identification and Yuga Doctrine) | नारायणोपदेशः
ददाति यो वै कपिलां सचैलां कांस्योपदोहां द्रविणैरुत्तरीयै: । तैस्तैर्गुणै: कामदुहाथ भूत्वा नरं प्रदातारमुपैति सा गौ:,जो काँसेकी दोहनी, वस्त्र, उत्तरकालिक दक्षिणाद्रव्यके साथ कपिला गौका दान करता है, उसकी दी हुई वह गौ उन-उन गुणोंके साथ कामधेनु बनकर परलोकमें दाताके पास पहुँच जाती है
dadāti yo vai kapilāṃ sacailāṃ kāṃsyopadohāṃ draviṇair uttarīyaiḥ | tais tair guṇaiḥ kāmaduhātha bhūtvā naraṃ pradātāram upaiti sā gauḥ ||
Dijo Mārkaṇḍeya: Quien dona una vaca kapilā, de color leonado, adornada con un paño, junto con un recipiente de bronce para el ordeño y además riquezas y una prenda superior—esa misma vaca, dotada de tales cualidades, se vuelve como una vaca que cumple los deseos y, en el más allá, llega al donante como fruto de su mérito.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charity yields results in proportion to its completeness and intention: donating a cow along with proper accessories and additional gifts is portrayed as producing a powerful posthumous reward, as the gift symbolically returns to the donor as a wish-fulfilling source of benefit.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes the merit of a specific form of dāna: giving a kapilā cow with cloth, a bronze milking vessel, and supplementary wealth/garments. He states that in the next world the donated cow, invested with those attributes, becomes like a kāmadhenū and comes to the donor.