Shloka 2736

Go-mahātmyam: Pavitrāṇāṃ Pavitraṃ

Cows and Ghee as Supreme Purifiers

Devanagari script

प्रसादयामास मनस्तेन रुद्रस्य भारत । भरतनन्दन! ऐसा कहकर प्रजापतिने महादेवजीको बहुत-सी गौएँ और एक बैल भेंट किये तथा इसी उपायके द्वारा उनके मनको प्रसन्न किया

Transliteration

prasādayāmāsa manas tena rudrasya bhārata | bharatanandana! evaṃ uktvā prajāpatiḥ mahādevajīṃ bahu-gāvaḥ ekaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ ca bhent kṛtvā, anena upāyena tasya manaḥ prasannaṃ cakāra |

Translation

Bhishma dit : « Ô Bhārata, par ce moyen Prajāpati apaisa l’esprit de Rudra. Ô joie des Bhāratas ! Ayant parlé ainsi, Prajāpati offrit à Mahādeva de nombreuses vaches et un taureau, et par cette même voie il obtint la satisfaction du Seigneur. »

Word by Word

• प्रसादयामास: pleased, gratified
• प्रसादयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादय् (प्रसादयति)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तेन: by that (means)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra (Śiva)
• रुद्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Rudra (Shiva)
• Prajapati
• Mahadeva (Shiva)
• Bharata (address)
• Bharatanandana (address)
• cows
• bull

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights a dharmic method of reconciliation: when a powerful deity (or authority) is displeased, sincere words followed by appropriate offerings (dāna) can restore harmony. It underscores respect, humility, and the ethical use of gifts as a means to pacify anger and re-establish auspiciousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates that Prajapati, after speaking in a conciliatory manner, offers many cows and a bull to Rudra/Mahadeva. Through this act, he succeeds in pleasing Rudra’s mind.