Shloka 9
Gavāṃ Māhātmya — Go-dāna, Yajña-ādhāra, and Goloka
Brahmā–Indra–Surabhi Itihāsa
लोहितां तुल्यवत्सां तु थेनुं दत्त्वा पयस्विनीम् । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतां सूर्यलोके महीयते
lohitāṁ tulyavatsāṁ tu dhenuṁ dattvā payasvinīm | suvratāṁ vastrasaṁvītāṁ sūryaloke mahīyate ||
Wika ni Vasiṣṭha: “Ang sinumang maghandog ng bakang mapagatas at may mabubuting tanda na mapulang kulay, kasama ang guya na kapareho ang kulay, at maayos na nababalutan ng tela—ang nagkaloob ay pararangalan sa daigdig ni Sūrya (daigdig ng Araw).”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that dāna done with completeness and propriety—giving a healthy milch cow together with its calf and respectfully adorned—constitutes a meritorious act of dharma that yields honor in an auspicious heavenly realm (Sūryaloka).
Vasiṣṭha is describing the फल (result) of a specific charitable gift: donating a red-colored milch cow with a matching calf, covered with cloth. He states the donor attains honor in the realm of the Sun, illustrating the Mahābhārata’s broader instruction on gifts and their karmic outcomes.