Shloka 15
गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्
Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows
न मित्रधुडनैकृतिक: कृतघ्नः शठो<नृजुर्धर्मविद्वेषकश्न । न ब्रह्महा मनसापि प्रपश्येद् गवां लोकं पुण्यकृतां निवासम्
na mitradhruḍ anaitṛtikaḥ kṛtaghnaḥ śaṭho 'nṛjur dharmavidveṣakaś ca | na brahmahā manasāpi prapaśyed gavāṁ lokaṁ puṇyakṛtāṁ nivāsam ||
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—സുഹൃദ്ദ്രോഹി, നീതിഹീനൻ, കൃതഘ്നൻ, ശഠൻ, കുപ്രവൃത്തിയുള്ളവൻ, ധർമ്മദ്വേഷി—ബ്രാഹ്മണഹന്താവും ആയവൻ—പുണ്യകൃതരുടെ നിവാസമായ ഗാവുകളുടെ ലോകം (ഗോലോകം) മനസ്സിലുപോലും കാണുകയില്ല.
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral character determines spiritual destiny: treachery, ingratitude, deceit, hostility to dharma, and grave violence such as brahma-hatyā block access to exalted realms like Goloka, which are reserved for the meritorious.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction discourse (Anuśāsana Parva), he lists disqualifying vices and declares that a person burdened with such faults cannot attain or even envision Goloka, described as the abode of the virtuous.