Shloka 9
ततो मचक्रुकं नाम द्वारपालं महाबलम् | यक्षं समभिवाद्यैव गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्,तदनन्तर, वहाँ मचक्कुक नामवाले द्वारपाल महाबली यक्षको नमस्कार करनेमात्रसे सहस्र गोदानका फल मिल जाता है
tato macakrukaṃ nāma dvārapālaṃ mahābalam | yakṣaṃ samabhivādyaiva gosahasraphalaṃ labhet |
അനന്തരം മചക്രുകൻ എന്ന മഹാബലനായ യക്ഷദ്വാരപാലനെ ഭക്തിപൂർവ്വം വന്ദിച്ചാൽ മാത്രം സഹസ്ര ഗോദാനഫലം ലഭിക്കുന്നു।
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Respectful salutation offered to a worthy guardian is itself a dharmic act that yields great merit; inner humility and proper reverence are presented as powerful sources of puṇya, comparable to major charitable gifts.
The speaker describes a specific gatekeeper Yakṣa named Macakruka and states that merely greeting him respectfully grants the merit equivalent to donating a thousand cows, indicating the sanctity and reward associated with this encounter.