Shloka 11
Go-dāna-stuti and Ghṛta-Japa
Praise of cow-gift and ghee-centered recitation
गावो ममैन: प्रणुदन्तु सौर्या- स्तथा सौम्या: स्वर्गयानाय सनन््तु । आत्मानं मे मातृवच्चा श्रयन्तु यथानुक्ता: सन्तु सर्वाशिषो मे
gāvo mamainaḥ praṇudantu sauryās tathā saumyāḥ svargayānāya sanantu | ātmānaṃ me mātṛvac cāśrayantu yathānuktāḥ santu sarvāśiṣo me ||
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂໍໃຫ້ງົວທັງຫຼາຍ—ຜຸດຂຶ້ນຈາກສ່ວນແຫ່ງຕາເວັນ ແລະດວງຈັນ—ຂັບໄລ່ບາບຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ. ຂໍໃຫ້ພວກນາງສົ່ງເສີມການເດີນທາງຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄປສູ່ສະຫວັນ ແລະໂລກອັນປະເສີດອື່ນໆ. ຂໍໃຫ້ພວກນາງໃຫ້ທີ່ພຶ່ງດັ່ງແມ່. ແລະໂດຍພຣະກຸນຂອງ “ແມ່ງົວ” ຂໍໃຫ້ພອນແລະຄວາມປາຖະໜາທັງໝົດຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ—ທັງທີ່ກ່າວໄວ້ໃນມັນຕຣາເຫຼົ່ານີ້ ແລະທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ກ່າວ—ຈົ່ງສໍາເລັດ»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the cow as a sacred refuge and a source of purification: honoring and seeking the grace of cows is portrayed as dispelling moral demerit (enaḥ), supporting auspicious destiny (svarga-yāna), and fulfilling both expressed and unexpressed righteous wishes.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction (Anuśāsana Parva), he utters a prayer/benediction invoking cows—linked symbolically to the Sun and Moon—to remove sin, grant maternal protection, and aid his (and by extension the listener’s) attainment of higher worlds and desired blessings.