Shloka 34
गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्
Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows
पज्चवार्षिकमेवं तु क्षत्रियस्य फल स्मृतम् । ततोडर्धेन तु वैश्यस्य शूद्रो वैश्यार्धत: स्मृत:
pañcavārṣikam evaṁ tu kṣatriyasya phalaṁ smṛtam | tato ’rdhena tu vaiśyasya śūdro vaiśyārdhataḥ smṛtaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「かくして、この行（この誓戒）の果報は、クシャトリヤにおいては五年に相当すると伝えられる。ヴァイシャはその半分の期間で同じ結果に至り、シュードラはヴァイシャの期間の半分で至ると説かれる。」
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the same spiritual ‘fruit’ of an observance can be attained by different varṇas with differing durations, reflecting a traditional gradation of discipline while affirming that sincere practice leads to equivalent merit.
Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha), in his instruction on dharma, specifies how long members of different social orders must undertake a particular practice to obtain the same result: five years for a Kṣatriya, half that for a Vaiśya, and half again for a Śūdra.