Shloka 96
Viṣṇu-sahasranāma—Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Recitation (विष्णोर्नामसहस्रम्)
प्रतीच्छेत निराहारस्तस्य धर्मफलं शृणु । सबेरे उठकर कुश और जल हाथमें ले गौओंके बीचमें जाय। वहाँ गौओंके सींगपर जल छिड़के और सींगसे गिरे हुए जलको अपने मस्तकपर धारण करे। साथ ही उस दिन निराहार रहे। ऐसे पुरुषको जो धर्मका फल मिलता है
pratīcchet nirāhāras tasya dharmaphalaṁ śṛṇu | sabere uṭhakar kuśa aura jala hātha meṁ le gāvoṁ ke bīca meṁ jāya | vahāṁ gāvoṁ ke śṛṅga para jala chiṛake aura śṛṅga se gire hue jala ko apane mastaka para dhāraṇa kare | sātha hī usa dina nirāhāra rahe | aise puruṣa ko jo dharma kā phala milatā hai, use śṛṇu ||
毗湿摩说道：“且听此行持所生之法果。清晨早起，手持库沙草（kuśa）与清水，入于牛群之中；于彼洒水于牛角之上，并以自角上滴落之水灌顶于己首。其日又当守斋不食。听那行此者所获之德果为何。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma can be cultivated through disciplined, non-violent observances that combine reverence (toward cows), ritual purity (water and kuśa), and self-restraint (fasting), with the promise of spiritual merit.
Bhishma instructs a specific vow: rise early, take kuśa and water, go among cows, sprinkle water on their horns, touch/hold the water that falls from the horns to one’s head, and fast for the day—then he prepares to state the resulting dharmic reward.