Shloka 50
Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)
गोषु भक्तश्न लभते यद् यदिच्छति मानव: । स्त्रियोडपि भक्ता या गोषु ताश्व काममवाप्रुयु:
gōṣu bhaktaśnaḥ labhate yad yad icchati mānavaḥ | striyo 'pi bhaktā yā gōṣu tāś ca kāmam avāpnuyuḥ ||
ಗೋವುಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಭಕ್ತಿ ಇಟ್ಟು ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಗೌರವಿಸಿ ಸೇವಿಸುವ ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ತಾನು ಬಯಸಿದುದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಗೋಭಕ್ತಿಯುಳ್ಳವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಮನೋವಾಂಛಿತಗಳನ್ನು ಸಾಧಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Devotion and respectful service toward cows (go-bhakti/go-sevā), treated as a dharmic practice, generates merit that bears fruit as the fulfillment of legitimate desires—presented as applicable to all, including women.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma continues advising on dharma and meritorious observances; here he praises devotion to cows as a potent source of spiritual merit and worldly attainment.