Shloka 35
मधुकैटभवधोपाख्यानम्
The Account of the Slaying of Madhu and Kaiṭabha
तावतां गोसहस्राणां फल प्राप्रोति दायक: । यदेनो यौवनकृतं तत् सर्व नश्यते ध्रुवम्,जो प्रतिदिन अतिथियोंको देकर शेष अन्नसे ही भोजनका काम चलाता है, उसके अन्नके जितने ग्रास अतिथि ब्राह्मण नित्य भोजन करता है, उतने ही हजार गौओंके दानका पुण्य उस दाताको प्राप्त होता है, तथा उसके द्वारा युवावस्थामें जो पाप हुए होते हैं, वे सब निश्चय ही नष्ट हो जाते हैं
tāvatāṁ go-sahasrāṇāṁ phalaṁ prāpnoti dāyakaḥ | yad eno yauvana-kṛtaṁ tat sarvaṁ naśyate dhruvam ||
Wika ni Baka: “Ang nagbibigay ay nagkakamit ng gantimpalang kasinghalaga ng pag-aalay ng gayong karaming libo-libong baka. At anumang kasalanang nagawa sa kabataan—oo, lahat ng iyon—ay tiyak na napaparam.”
बक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Regular hospitality—especially feeding guests and Brāhmaṇas—counts as a major form of dāna, yielding merit comparable to grand cow-gifts and serving as a purifier that destroys earlier sins.
Baka is speaking and extolling the spiritual efficacy of daily giving/feeding: the donor gains immense merit and is cleansed of sins committed in youth.