Shloka 12

Go-apahāra (Cattle Theft), Go-dāna (Cow-Gift), and Suvarṇa-dakṣiṇā (Gold Fee): Karmic Consequence and Purificatory Merit

Devanagari script

अपश्यत्‌ परिमार्गश्ष तां गां परगृहे द्विज: । ममेयमिति चोवाच ब्राह्णो यस्य साभवत्‌,“कुछ दिनों बाद जब वह ब्राह्मण परदेशसे लौटा, तब अपनी गाय हढूँढ़ने लगा। ढूँढ़ते- ढूँढ़ते जब वह गाय उसे दूसरेके घर मिली, तब उस ब्राह्मणने, जिसकी वह गौ पहले थी, उस दूसरे ब्राह्मणसे कहा--'यह गाय तो मेरी है”

Transliteration

apaśyat parimārgamāṇaḥ tāṃ gāṃ paragṛhe dvijaḥ | mamaiyam iti covāca brāhmaṇo yasya sābhavat ||

Translation

अपश्यत् परिमार्गंश्च तां गां परगृहे द्विजः। ममेयमिति चोवाच ब्राह्मणो यस्य साभवत्॥

Word by Word

अपश्यत्saw

परिमार्गन्searching

ताम्that (her)

गाम्cow

परगृहेin another's house

द्विजःthe brahmin (twice-born)

ममof me / my

इयम्this (she)

इतिthus

चand

उवाचsaid

ब्राह्मणःthe brahmin

यस्यwhose

साshe (that cow)

अभवत्was / belonged

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

a Brahmin (original owner)

another Brahmin (in whose house the cow is found)

cow

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes