Shloka 12
गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्
Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows
अक्रोधनो गोषु तथा द्विजेषु धर्मे रतो गुरुशुश्रूषकश्न । यावज्जीवं सत्यवृत्ते रतश्न दाने रतो य: क्षमी चापराधे
pitāmaha uvāca | akrodhano goṣu tathā dvijeṣu dharme rato guruśuśrūṣakaś ca | yāvajjīvaṃ satyavr̥tte rataś ca dāne rato yaḥ kṣamī cāparādhe |
ビーシュマは言った。「牛に対しても、また『二度生まれし者』（ドヴィジャ）に対しても怒りを起こさず、ダルマを愛して師長に奉仕する者。生涯にわたり真実の行いを喜び、施しに励み、害を受けてもなお赦す者――このような徳を具えた人は、主の永遠にして滅びぬ国土、ゴーローカへと至る。」
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that a dharmic life is defined by disciplined non-anger (especially toward protected beings like cows and revered communities like Brahmins), lifelong truthfulness, service to elders/teachers, generosity, and forgiveness; these virtues are presented as the cause of attaining an imperishable divine realm.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma (lying on the bed of arrows) instructs Yudhishthira on dharma. Here he lists specific ethical qualities—non-anger, truth, guru-service, charity, and forgiveness—and links them to the spiritual fruit of reaching an eternal abode (Goloka in the broader passage).