Shloka 9
Go-dāna-stuti and Ghṛta-Japa
Praise of cow-gift and ghee-centered recitation
इस प्रकार गौओंके साथ एक रात रहकर उनके समान व्रतका पालन करते हुए उन्हींके साथ एकात्मभावको प्राप्त होनेसे मनुष्य तत्काल सब पापोंसे छूट जाता है ।।
evaṁ prakāraṁ gobhiḥ sārdham ekāṁ rātriṁ uṣitvā tat-sadṛśa-vrataṁ caran taiḥ saha ekātma-bhāvaṁ prāpya manuṣyaḥ sadyaḥ sarva-pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate. utsṛṣṭa-vṛṣa-vatsā hi pradeyā sūrya-darśane. tridivaṁ pratipattavyam artha-vādāśiṣas tava, rājan.
毗湿摩说道：“如此，与群牛同住一夜，守持如牛之誓行，并生起与之合一之心，人便立刻脱离一切罪垢。因此，当见日轮（旭日初升之时），应施舍一头母牛连同其犊，并施与一头已放归的公牛。由此可得升至天界；而在赞颂性的仪轨文句中所发的祝愿，也将为你应验，王啊。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Purification and merit arise from disciplined observance connected with cows—living with them in a vow-like manner to cultivate humility and identification with their beneficent nature—and from go-dāna at sunrise (a cow with calf and a released bull), which is said to remove sin and lead to heavenly attainment.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he prescribes a specific expiatory/merit-producing practice: spending a night with cows while observing a related vow, then performing a sunrise donation of cattle; he assures the king of the promised fruits stated in ritual praises and blessings.