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Shloka 4

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

पुष्ट्यर्थमेता: सेवेत शान्त्यर्थमपि चैव ह | पयोदधिघृतं चासां सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्‌

puṣṭyartham etāḥ seveta śāntyartham api caiva ha | payo-dadhi-ghṛtaṃ cāsāṃ sarva-pāpa-pramocanam ||

Bhīṣma nói: “Con người nên chăm nom và nương nhờ những con bò này để bồi dưỡng thân thể và cũng để dẹp yên mọi chướng ngại, nhiễu loạn. Sữa, sữa chua và bơ ghee của chúng được nói là có thể giải thoát khỏi mọi tội lỗi—nhờ vậy nâng đỡ đời sống hợp với thanh tịnh và dharma.”

पुष्ट्यर्थम्for the sake of nourishment
पुष्ट्यर्थम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्टि-अर्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एताःthese (cows)
एताः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
सेवेतshould serve/attend (to)
सेवेत:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसेव्
FormPresent, Optative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
शान्त्यर्थम्for the sake of pacification/peace
शान्त्यर्थम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशान्ति-अर्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
indeed (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पयःmilk
पयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपयस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
दधिcurd/yogurt
दधि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदधि
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
घृतम्ghee/clarified butter
घृतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootघृत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आसाम्of these (cows)
आसाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (स्त्री. बहु.)
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्removing all sins
सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-पाप-प्रमोचन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
C
cows
M
milk
C
curd
G
ghee

Educational Q&A

Service to cows and the use of their sattvic products (milk, curd, ghee) are presented as dharmic supports for bodily well-being and for cultivating peace, with a traditional claim that they aid in purification from sin.

In Anushasana Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma continues advising on dharma and meritorious practices, here emphasizing the religious-ethical value of honoring cows and the purificatory status attributed to their products.