Phala of Vrata, Niyama, Svādhyāya, Dama, Satya, Brahmacarya, and Service (व्रत-नियम-स्वाध्याय-दम-सत्य-ब्रह्मचर्य-शुश्रूषा-फलप्रश्नः)
तथानड्वाहं ब्राह्मुणेभ्य: प्रदाय दान्तं धुर्य बलवन्तं युवानम् । कुलानुजीव्यं वीर्यवन्तं बृहन्तं भुड्क्ते लोकान् सम्मितान् थेनुदस्य
tathānaḍvāhaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāya dāntaṃ dhuryaṃ balavantaṃ yuvānam | kulānujīvyaṃ vīryavantaṃ bṛhantaṃ bhuṅkte lokān sammitān tenudasya ||
ビーシュマは言った。「同じく、婆羅門たちに、よく調教された牡牛を施す者――温順で、轭(くびき)に適い、強健にして若く、農家の生計を支え得る力を備え、勇ましく、体躯大なる牡牛を与える者――は、乳牛を施す者が到達するのと等しい、すぐれた世界を享受する。」
भीष्म उवाच
Bhishma teaches that charity should be genuinely beneficial: donating a well-trained, strong, youthful draught bull that supports agrarian livelihood yields merit comparable to gifting a milch cow, because it sustains society and enables productive work.
In Bhishma’s discourse on dāna-dharma in the Anushasana Parva, he specifies the qualities of an ideal bull to be donated to Brahmins and states the spiritual reward—enjoyment of excellent realms—equal to that gained by donating a milk-giving cow.