Shloka 32
Cyavana’s Yogic Display and Kuśika’s Recognition of Tapas (च्यवन-योगप्रभावः कुशिकस्य तपःप्रशंसा च)
निविष्टं गोकुलं यत्र श्वासं मुडचति निर्भयम् । विराजयति त॑ देशं पापं चास्यापकर्षति
niviṣṭaṃ gokulaṃ yatra śvāsaṃ muñcati nirbhayam | virājayati taṃ deśaṃ pāpaṃ cāsya apakarṣati ||
牛の群れがどこかに座を占め、恐れなく安らかに息をするところ、その地は美しく輝き、またその土地にまつわる罪を引き寄せて取り除く。ここでは牛の共同体が浄化の臨在として語られる――害されず守られて住むこと自体が、国土における護りと清浄、そしてダルマの秩序のしるしとなる。
व्यवन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A place becomes morally and spiritually auspicious when cows can live there without fear; their protected presence is portrayed as beautifying the land and diminishing its sin. The implied ethic is the dharmic duty of safeguarding the vulnerable—especially cows—so that social order and purity are sustained.
The speaker states a praise of the cow-community: when cows settle somewhere and breathe fearlessly, that locality gains radiance and is cleansed of sin. The verse functions as a normative statement supporting cow-protection as a marker of righteous governance and conduct.