Shloka 1
द्विसप्ततितमो< ध्याय: गौओंके लोक और गोदानविषयक युधिषछिर और इन्द्रके प्रश्न युधिछिर उवाच उक्त ते गोप्रदानं वै नाचिकेतमृषिं प्रति । माहात्म्यमपि चैवोक्तमुद्देशेन गवां प्रभो,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--प्रभो! आपने नाचिकेत ऋषिके प्रति किये गये गोदानसम्बन्धी उपदेशकी चर्चा की और गौओंके माहात्म्यका भी संक्षेपसे वर्णन किया
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: uktaṃ te gopradānaṃ vai nāciketam ṛṣiṃ prati | māhātmyam api caivoktam uddeśena gavāṃ prabho ||
युधिष्ठिर उवाच—उक्तं ते गोप्रदानं वै नाचिकेतमृषिं प्रति । माहात्म्यमपि चैवोक्तमुद्देशेन गवां प्रभो ॥
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames go-dāna (the gifting of cows) as a significant dharmic act and signals that the ‘greatness of cows’ has ethical and religious weight; Yudhiṣṭhira acknowledges the teaching and prepares to inquire further into its implications.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses his instructor respectfully, summarizing what has just been taught: instructions about donating cows in connection with the sage Nāciketa and a brief account of the cows’ sacred merit, setting up the next question or elaboration.