Shloka 1
Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)
ऑपन-आक्षात बछ। अं क्ाज तग्रय्शीतितमो<ध्याय: ब्रह्माजीका इन्द्रसे गोलोक और गौओंका उत्कर्ष बताना और गौओंको वरदान देना भीष्म उवाच येचगां सम्प्रयच्छन्ति हुतशिष्टाशिनश्न ये । तेषां सत्राणि यज्ञाश्न नित्यमेव युधिष्ठिर
bhīṣma uvāca | ye ca gāṃ samprayacchanti hutaśiṣṭāśinaś ca ye | teṣāṃ satrāṇi yajñāś ca nityam eva yudhiṣṭhira ||
Bhishma disse: “Yudhishthira, aqueles que doam vacas em caridade e aqueles que vivem dos restos das oferendas do sacrifício—tais pessoas obtêm continuamente o mérito das sessões e ritos sacrificiais. Sua conduta diária torna-se, de fato, um sacrifício perpétuo, sustentando a pureza pessoal e o bem-estar de outrem.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that disciplined living—especially giving cows (go-dāna) and eating only what remains after offerings (yajña-śeṣa)—yields ongoing spiritual merit equivalent to continual sacrifices, linking personal restraint with social generosity.
In Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhishthira on dharma, he praises specific meritorious practices connected with sacrifice and charity, asserting that such people constantly gain the fruits of satras and yajñas.