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Shloka 1

गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्

Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows

Devanagari script

पर बछ। है २ >> त्रिसप्ततितमो<ध्याय: ब्रह्माजीका इन्द्रसे गोलोक और गोदानकी महिमा बताना पितामह उवाच यो<यं प्रश्नस्त्वया पृष्टो गोप्रदानादिकारित: । नास्ति प्रष्टास्ति लोके5स्मिंस्त्वत्तो5न्यो हि शतक्रतो

Transliteration

Pitāmaha uvāca: yo ’yaṁ praśnas tvayā pṛṣṭo gopradānādikāritaḥ | nāsti praṣṭāsti loke ’smin tvatto ’nyo hi śatakrato ||

Translation

Pitāmaha nói: “Hỡi Devendra (Śatakratu), câu hỏi mà ngươi nêu lên—về việc hiến tặng bò và các hạnh bố thí liên quan—là điều hiếm ai trên đời này hỏi đến. Quả thật, ngoài ngươi ra, không có người hỏi nào như thế.”

Word by Word

पितामहःthe Grandsire (Brahmā)

उवाचsaid

यःwhich/that (he who)

अयम्this

प्रश्नःquestion

त्वयाby you

पृष्टःasked

गोप्रदानादिकारितःconcerning the performance of cow-gift and the like

नnot

अस्तिis/exists

प्रष्टाquestioner/asker

अस्तिis/exists

लोकेin the world

अस्मिन्in this

त्वत्तःthan you/from you

अन्यःanother

हिindeed/for

शतक्रतोO Śatakratu (Indra)

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)

Śatakratu (Indra/Devendra)

go-pradāna (cow donation)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse elevates go-dāna (cow-gift) as a rare and serious object of inquiry, implying that true dharma includes thoughtful concern for charitable giving and its ethical-spiritual consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha) addresses Indra (Śatakratu), praising him for asking about the significance of cow-donation and related charitable acts, and notes that such a question is uncommon in the world.