Shloka 7
Gavāṃ Māhātmya — Go-dāna, Yajña-ādhāra, and Goloka
Brahmā–Indra–Surabhi Itihāsa
तपसोअ<न्ते महाराज गावो लोकपरायणा: । तस्माद् गावो महाभागा: पवित्र परमुच्यते
Vasiṣṭha uvāca: tapasānte mahārāja gāvo lokaparāyaṇāḥ | tasmād gāvo mahābhāgāḥ pavitraṃ param ucyate ||
Wika ni Vasiṣṭha: “O dakilang hari, nang maganap ang pag-aayuno at mahigpit na pagsasanay (tapas), ang mga baka ay naging kanlungan at sandigan ng buong daigdig. Kaya ang mga bakang lubhang mapalad ay ipinahahayag na lubos na dalisay.”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that cows are to be regarded as supremely purifying because they function as the world’s refuge and support; reverence and protection of such life-sustaining beings is presented as a dharmic duty.
Vasiṣṭha addresses a king and explains, in the course of praising the religious-ethical importance of cows, that upon the completion of tapas (austerity), cows came to be viewed as the sustaining refuge of the world, hence their status as ‘supremely pure’.