Shloka 11
गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्
Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows
यः सर्वमांसानि न भक्षयीत पुमान् सदा भावितो धर्मयुक्त: । मातापित्रोररचिता सत्ययुक्तः शुश्रूषिता ब्राह्मणानामनिन्द्य:
pitāmaha uvāca | yaḥ sarvamāṁsāni na bhakṣayīta pumān sadā bhāvito dharmayuktaḥ | mātāpitror arcitaḥ satyayuktaḥ śuśrūṣitā brāhmaṇānām anindyaḥ |
Bhīṣma (le Bisaïeul) dit : «L’homme qui s’abstient entièrement de manger toute sorte de viande, qui demeure sans cesse absorbé dans la contemplation sacrée et voué au dharma ; qui honore sa mère et son père, s’attache à la vérité et sert les brāhmaṇas — cet être irréprochable, pourvu de ces vertus, atteint le royaume éternel et impérissable de Goloka.»
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma presents a dharmic ideal: non-violence expressed through abstaining from meat, steady devotion and self-cultivation, truthfulness, reverence for parents, and humble service to brāhmaṇas. Such disciplined ethical living is said to lead to an exalted posthumous state (Goloka).
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he lists virtues and observances that define a blameless person and states the spiritual result of such conduct—attainment of the eternal realm called Goloka.