Shloka 7

Adhyāya 138: Vāyu’s Exempla on Brāhmaṇa-Prabhāva and a Cosmological Clarification

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ व्रजस्थानगतस्तिष्ठत्युपरि मे वृष: । रमे5हं सह गोभिश्व तस्मात्‌ पूज्या: सदैव ता:

Transliteration

tasmād vrajasthānagatas tiṣṭhaty upari me vṛṣaḥ | rame'haṃ saha gobhiś ca tasmāt pūjyāḥ sadaiva tāḥ ||

Translation

Потому бык, пребывающий среди стоянок моего стада, стоит надо мною — водружён на знамени моей колесницы. Я обретаю неизменную радость в обществе коров; потому коров тех следует всегда чтить и поклоняться им.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: ablative sense (hetu/ कारणार्थे)

• व्रजस्थानगतः: gone to/being in the cow-pen (herd-place)
• व्रजस्थानगतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रजस्थानगत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तिष्ठति: stands/remains
• तिष्ठति: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: present, parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• उपरि: above/on
• उपरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि
• Form: adverb

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• वृषः: bull
• वृषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• रमे: I delight/I enjoy
• रमे: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्
• Form: present, atmanepada, 1st person, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: nominative, singular

• सह: with
• सह: Sahakari
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह
• Form: preposition-like (with)

• गोभिः: with cows/by cows
• गोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: feminine, instrumental, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: ablative sense (hetu/ कारणार्थे)

• पूज्याः: worthy of worship/to be honored
• पूज्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• सदैव: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा + एव
• Form: adverb

• ताः: those (cows)
• ताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

Speaker

महेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Maheshvara (Shiva)
• bull (vṛṣa)
• cows (go)
• chariot banner/standard (ratha-dhvaja)
• cattle-stations/herd-settlements (vraja-sthāna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Maheshvara links his own emblematic bull and his delight in the company of cows to a normative injunction: cows are to be honored continually. The verse frames go-pūjā (reverence for cows) as an ethical-religious duty grounded in divine example and symbolism.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheshvara explains why the bull associated with him is placed above him on his chariot’s banner and emphasizes his joy in being with cows. From this, he concludes that cows deserve constant worship and respect.