Shloka 1
Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya
Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee
अप-#-रा+ अशीतितमो< ध्याय: गौओं तथा गोदानकी महिमा वसिष्ठ उवाच घृतक्षीरप्रदा गावो घृतयोन्यो घृतोद्धवा: । घृतनद्यो घृतावर्तास्ता मे सनन््तु सदा गृहे
Vasiṣṭha uvāca: ghṛtakṣīrapradā gāvo ghṛtayonyo ghṛtoddhavāḥ | ghṛtanadyo ghṛtāvartās tā me santu sadā gṛhe ||
Wika ni Vasiṣṭha: “Nawa’y ang mga baka—tagapagkaloob ng ghee at gatas, ang pinagmumulan ng ghee at siyang nagpapahayag nito—na wari’y mga ilog ng ghee na may mga pusod na umiikot, ay manahan magpakailanman sa aking tahanan.”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames cows and their products (milk and ghee) as sacred supports of dharmic household life; invoking their presence symbolizes nourishment, purity, and auspicious prosperity, aligning daily living with ethical and ritual cleanliness.
Sage Vasiṣṭha begins an instruction on the greatness of cows and cow-gifts (go-dāna), introducing a recitative blessing that a person may utter daily, praying that cows—metaphorically described as rivers of ghee—remain ever present in one’s home.