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Shloka 49

गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्

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

गोभिश्व समनुज्ञात: सर्वत्र च महीयते । यस्त्वेतेनैव कल्पेन गां वनेष्वनुगच्छति

gobhiś ca samanujñātaḥ sarvatra ca mahīyate | yas tv etenaiva kalpena gāṃ vaneṣv anugacchati |

Bhīṣma nói: “Được đàn bò ban ân và chuẩn thuận, người ấy được tôn kính khắp nơi. Nhưng kẻ nào theo đúng phép tu này, sống trong rừng và đi theo đàn bò—không tham cầu, tự chế, thanh tịnh—lấy cỏ, lá, thậm chí cả phân bò làm thức nuôi thân, thì khi trong tâm không còn dục vọng, người ấy an vui cư trú ở cõi của ta cùng chư thiên; hoặc bằng không, người ấy đi đến bất cứ cõi nào mình muốn.”

गोभिःby/with cows
गोभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootगो
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
इवas/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
समनुज्ञातःfully permitted/approved
समनुज्ञातः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-अनु-ज्ञा (क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वत्रeverywhere
सर्वत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वत्र
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
महीयतेis honored/is revered
महीयते:
TypeVerb
Rootमह् (मह्/महि) + य (passive)
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Passive (Ātmanepada-form)
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
एतेनby/with this
एतेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
कल्पेनby the method/observance
कल्पेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकल्प
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
गाम्a cow / cows (as object)
गाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगो
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
वनेषुin forests
वनेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
अनुगच्छतिfollows
अनुगच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-गम्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

पितामह उवाच

B
Bhishma (Pitamaha)
S
Shakra/Indra (Śatakratu)
C
cows (go)

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma teaches that disciplined, desireless, and pure conduct centered on reverence and service to cows—paired with self-restraint and austerity—leads to honor in this world and auspicious posthumous destinations, culminating in residence in higher realms when desire is extinguished.

In Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-instruction, Bhīṣma addresses Śatakratu (Indra) and describes the spiritual fruit of a specific observance: living in the forest, following and serving cows, and maintaining strict austerity, which results in divine honor and access to exalted worlds.