Shloka 35
गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्
Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows
यश्चात्मविक्रयं कृत्वा गा: क्रीत्वा सम्प्रयच्छति । यावत् संदर्शयेद् गां वै स तावत् फलमश्लुते
yaścātmavikrayaṁ kṛtvā gāḥ krītvā samprayacchati | yāvat saṁdarśayed gāṁ vai sa tāvat phalam aśnute ||
毗湿摩说道：“即便有人卖身为奴，若能购得母牛而施与布施，则只要他仍得见宇宙中牛族之存在，便恒享此施之不坏果报。”
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that donating cows is considered an exceptionally powerful act of dharma: even if someone must sell himself to obtain the means, the merit of giving cows is said to yield an enduring, seemingly inexhaustible reward.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on duties and gifts. Here he praises go-dāna by stating that a donor who buys cows—even at the cost of self-sale—enjoys the fruit of that charity for as long as the cow-kind continues to be seen in the world.