Shloka 53
Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda
Kārttikeya
गता: परमकं स्थान देवैरपि सुदुर्लभम् । युवनाश्वके पुत्र राजा मान्धाता
gatāḥ paramakaṃ sthānaṃ devair api sudurlabham | yuvanāśvake putro rājā māndhātā (somavaṃśī) nahuṣaḥ yayātiś ca—ete sadā lakṣaśo gavāṃ dānaṃ kurvanti sma; tasmāt te tān uttamān sthānān prāptāḥ, ye devatānām api atyanta-durlabhāḥ |
ビーシュマは語った。彼らは至高の住処に到った。それは神々にとってさえ到達がきわめて難しい境地である。ユヴァナーシュヴァの子マンドハータ王、そして月統（ソーマヴァンシャ）の王ナフシャとヤヤーティ—これらの君主は、幾十万という牛を絶えず施与していた。その不断の布施の力により、神々にとってさえ稀なる優れた世界へと至ったのである。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sustained generosity—especially the dharmic gift of cows—creates great spiritual merit, enabling even human kings to attain exalted realms that are otherwise hard to reach, even for the gods.
Bhishma cites exemplary royal figures (Mandhata, Nahusha, and Yayati) as models of continual large-scale charity, explaining that their repeated gifts of cows led them to attain the highest and rarest heavenly stations.