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 ||
Vasiṣṭha disse: “Quem doa uma vaca de tonalidade avermelhada, rica em leite e de bons sinais, juntamente com um bezerro da mesma cor, e devidamente coberta com um pano, é honrado no mundo de Sūrya.”
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.