Shloka 28

Go-mahātmyam: Pavitrāṇāṃ Pavitraṃ

Cows and Ghee as Supreme Purifiers

Devanagari script

प्रीतश्चापि महादेवश्चकार वृषभं तदा

Transliteration

prītaścāpi mahādevaścakāra vṛṣabhaṃ tadā

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—تب خوش ہو کر مہادیو نے ایک وِرِشبھ (بیل) کی تخلیق کی۔

Word by Word

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (√प्री)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• महादेवः: Mahadeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चकार: made
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• वृषभम्: a bull
• वृषभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• vṛṣabha (bull)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine favor follows sincere devotion and right conduct: when Mahādeva is pleased, he grants a tangible sign of support and auspicious power, here symbolized by the bull.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that Mahādeva, being pleased, created a bull at that moment—an act indicating approval and the conferral of a sacred emblem/aid within the story’s devotional context.