Shloka 7
Go-dāna-stuti and Ghṛta-Japa
Praise of cow-gift and ghee-centered recitation
गौर्मे माता वृषभ: पिता मे दिवं शर्म जगती मे प्रतिष्ठा । प्रपद्यैवं शर्वरीमुष्य गोषु पुनर्वाणीमुत्सूजेद् गोप्रदाने
bhīṣma uvāca | gaur me mātā vṛṣabhaḥ pitā me divaṃ śarma jagatī me pratiṣṭhā | prapadyaivaṃ śarvarīm uṣya goṣu punar vāṇīm utsṛjed gopradāne ||
毗湿摩说道：“母牛为我之母；公牛（vṛṣabha）为我之父。愿彼二者赐我天界与世间安乐；牛乃我之根基。”说罢，当投身牛群以为依止，与牛同宿一夜，守持默然；至翌晨施牛之时，方破默而发言，以敬与制而启行施牛之礼。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames reverence for cattle—especially the cow—as a dharmic foundation and links charity (go-dāna) with inner discipline: humility, refuge-seeking, and a vow of silence that is broken only at the sacred moment of giving.
Bhishma instructs a ritual procedure connected with go-dāna: the practitioner recites a declaration honoring cow and bull as parental supports, stays the night among cows observing silence, and then breaks silence in the morning specifically at the time of gifting the cow.