Shloka 11
गोशकृन्माहात्म्य-प्रश्नः (On the Merit of Cow-Dung and the Abode of Śrī) / Inquiry into the Sanctity of Cow-Dung
एकां च दशगुर्दद्याद् दश दद्याच्च गोशती । शतं सहस्गुर्दद्यात् सर्वे तुल्यफला हि ते
ekāṃ ca daśagur dadyād daśa dadyāc ca gośatī | śataṃ sahasragur dadyāt sarve tulyaphalā hi te ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ໃດມີງົວສິບໂຕ ຄວນໃຫ້ທານໜຶ່ງໂຕ; ຜູ້ໃດມີຮ້ອຍໂຕ ຄວນໃຫ້ທານສິບໂຕ; ແລະຜູ້ໃດມີພັນໂຕ ຄວນໃຫ້ທານຮ້ອຍໂຕ. ເພາະຂອງທານເຫຼົ່ານີ້ໃຫ້ຜົນເທົ່າກັນ—ບຸນຖືກວັດຕາມການໃຫ້ທີ່ເປັນສັດສ່ວນກັບກຳລັງຂອງຕົນ».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charity should be proportionate to one’s resources; when a person gives according to capacity, the spiritual merit is considered equal in essence, because the ethical value lies in fair sacrifice rather than sheer quantity.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma teaches standards for dāna by giving a practical rule using cow-gifts: different owners give different amounts, yet all attain comparable fruit when the gift matches their means.