Shloka 9
Gavāṃ Māhātmya — Go-dāna, Yajña-ādhāra, and Goloka
Brahmā–Indra–Surabhi Itihāsa
लोहितां तुल्यवत्सां तु थेनुं दत्त्वा पयस्विनीम् । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतां सूर्यलोके महीयते
lohitāṁ tulyavatsāṁ tu dhenuṁ dattvā payasvinīm | suvratāṁ vastrasaṁvītāṁ sūryaloke mahīyate ||
ວະສິດຖະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ໃດບໍລິຈາກງົວສີແດງ ຜູ້ໃຫ້ນົມ ມີລັກສະນະດີ ພ້ອມລູກງົວສີດຽວກັນ ແລະຄຸ້ມດ້ວຍຜ້າຢ່າງສົມຄວນ ຜູ້ນັ້ນຈະໄດ້ຮັບກຽດໃນໂລກຂອງພຣະສຸຣິຍະ (ສູຣຍະໂລກ).»
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that dāna done with completeness and propriety—giving a healthy milch cow together with its calf and respectfully adorned—constitutes a meritorious act of dharma that yields honor in an auspicious heavenly realm (Sūryaloka).
Vasiṣṭha is describing the फल (result) of a specific charitable gift: donating a red-colored milch cow with a matching calf, covered with cloth. He states the donor attains honor in the realm of the Sun, illustrating the Mahābhārata’s broader instruction on gifts and their karmic outcomes.