Shloka 9
Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya
Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee
धेन्वा: प्रमाणेन समप्रमाणां धेनुं तिलानामपि च प्रदाय । पानीयदाता च यमस्य लोके न यातनां काज्चिदुपैति तत्र
dhenvāḥ pramāṇena samapramāṇāṃ dhenuṃ tilānām api ca pradāya | pānīyadātā ca yamasya loke na yātanāṃ kāñcid upaiti tatra ||
Vasiṣṭha berkata: Siapa yang mendermakan seekor sapi yang dibuat dari biji wijen, dibentuk dengan ukuran yang sama seperti sapi sungguhan, dan demikian pula siapa yang memberi sedekah air minum—donatur itu, ketika mencapai alam Yama, tidak mengalami siksaan apa pun di sana.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charitable gifts that sustain life and welfare—symbolized by donating a properly measured sesame-cow (tiladhenu) and especially the gift of drinking water—generate merit that protects the donor from suffering in Yama’s realm.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing about the fruits of specific forms of dāna (ritual and practical charity). He states that donors of a tiladhenu and donors of drinking water do not face punitive torments after death in Yamaloka.