Shloka 23
गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्
Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows
सत्ये धर्मे च निरतस्तस्य शक्र फलं शृणु । गोसहस्रेण समिता तस्य थेनुर्भवत्युत
pitāmaha uvāca | satye dharme ca niratas tasya śakra phalaṃ śṛṇu | go-sahasreṇa samitā tasya dhenur bhavaty uta | śacīpate śakra |
ປິຕາມະຫາ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ສັກຣະ (ອິນທຣາ) ຈົ່ງຟັງຜົນທີ່ເກີດແກ່ຜູ້ທີ່ອຸທິດຕົນໃນສັດຈະ ແລະ ທຳ. ແມ່ນແຕ່ການບໍລິຈາກງົວພຽງໜຶ່ງຕົວຂອງຜູ້ນັ້ນ ກໍເທົ່າກັບບຸນຂອງການບໍລິຈາກງົວໜຶ່ງພັນຕົວ. ໂອ ສັກຣະ ເຈົ້າແຫ່ງສະຈີ—ບໍ່ຄວນເວົ້າຄຳຮຸນແຮງຕໍ່ພຣາຫມະນະ ແລະ ບໍ່ຄວນແມ່ນແຕ່ຄິດຈິດປະທຸດຮ້າຍຕໍ່ງົວ. ຜູ້ໃດດຳລົງຊີວິດດັ່ງງົວ—ອ່ອນໂຍນ ບໍ່ເບື່ອນບາດ ເກື້ອກູນຜູ້ອື່ນ—ຈັດຫາຫຍ້າອາຫານ ແລະ ການດູແລງົວ ພ້ອມທັງຢືນຢັນໃນສັດຈະ ແລະ ຄວາມຊອບທຳ ຍ່ອມໄດ້ຮັບຜົນອັນສູງສົ່ງນີ້».
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steadfastness in truth and dharma, coupled with reverence toward brāhmaṇas and a non-hostile, protective attitude toward cows, greatly magnifies the merit of charity—so much so that gifting even one cow can yield the fruit of a thousand cow-gifts.
Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha), in his instruction on righteous conduct, addresses Indra (Śakra) and explains the extraordinary spiritual reward obtained by a person who lives ethically and supports cows—framing it as a teaching about the power of virtuous disposition behind an act of giving.