Shloka 20
Gavāṃ Māhātmya — Go-dāna, Yajña-ādhāra, and Goloka
Brahmā–Indra–Surabhi Itihāsa
पाण्डुकम्बलवर्णाभां सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् । प्रदाय वस्त्रसंवीतां साध्यानां लोकमाप्नुते
pāṇḍukambalavarṇābhāṃ savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām | pradāya vastrasaṃvītāṃ sādhyānāṃ lokam āpnute ||
Wika ni Vasiṣṭha: Ang sinumang maghandog ng isang bakang mapusyaw ang kulay na tulad ng puting kumot, kasama ang guya, na binalutan ng tela at sinamahan ng sisidlang panggatas na bronse, ay makararating sa daigdig ng mga Sādhya.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
That dāna should be complete and dignified: giving a useful, well-provided gift (a cow with her calf, properly covered, with the needed milking vessel) yields great religious merit and leads to an exalted heavenly realm (the world of the Sādhyas).
In a discourse on dharma and gifts, Vasiṣṭha specifies the fruit of a particular form of cow-donation: donating a pale-colored cow along with her calf, clothed and accompanied by a bronze milking vessel, results in attaining the Sādhyas’ realm.