Shloka 6
Right Conduct, Offenses Against Brāhmaṇas, Truthfulness, and the Greatness of the Cow
Go-Māhātmya
ततः पापक्षयादेव ब्राह्मणत्वं च लप्स्यसे । व्रतैर्वृषाधिकैर्मोक्षं नाशयन्कल्मषं द्विज
tataḥ pāpakṣayādeva brāhmaṇatvaṃ ca lapsyase | vratairvṛṣādhikairmokṣaṃ nāśayankalmaṣaṃ dvija
मग पापक्षयामुळेच तुला ब्राह्मणत्व प्राप्त होईल। हे द्विजा! धर्मसमृद्ध व्रतांनी कल्मष नष्ट करून तू मोक्ष पावशील।
Unspecified (context needed to identify the dialogue pair in Adhyaya 48)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पापक्षयादेव = पापक्षयात् + एव; व्रतैर्वृषाधिकैः = व्रतैः + वृषाधिकैः; नाशयन्कल्मषम् = नाशयन् + कल्मषम्.
FAQs
It presents sin-destruction as the direct prerequisite for spiritual upliftment: when pāpa is exhausted, purity and eligibility for higher dharmic life naturally follow.
It states that dharma-filled observances (vratas) actively remove kalmaṣa (impurity), and that this purification culminates in moksha.
Ethical discipline is not merely social conduct; it is a transformative practice—righteous vows and self-restraint cleanse inner defilements and lead toward liberation.