Shloka 9
Gavāṃ Māhātmya — Go-dāna, Yajña-ādhāra, and Goloka
Brahmā–Indra–Surabhi Itihāsa
लोहितां तुल्यवत्सां तु थेनुं दत्त्वा पयस्विनीम् । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतां सूर्यलोके महीयते,जो मनुष्य दूध देनेवाली सुलक्षणा लाल रंगकी गौको वस्त्र ओढ़ाकर लाल रंगके बछड़ेसहित दान करता है, वह सूर्यलोकमें सम्मानित होता है
lohitāṁ tulyavatsāṁ tu dhenuṁ dattvā payasvinīm | suvratāṁ vastrasaṁvītāṁ sūryaloke mahīyate ||
Vasiṣṭha berkata: “Sesiapa yang menghadiahkan seekor lembu berwarna kemerah-merahan, yang banyak susu dan elok tandanya, bersama anaknya yang sewarna, serta diselubungi kain dengan wajar—penderma itu dimuliakan di alam Sūrya (alam Suria).”
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.