Shloka 28

Go-mahātmyam: Pavitrāṇāṃ Pavitraṃ

Cows and Ghee as Supreme Purifiers

Devanagari script

प्रीतश्चापि महादेवश्चकार वृषभं तदा

Transliteration

prītaścāpi mahādevaścakāra vṛṣabhaṃ tadā

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“因其虔敬与行持而欢喜，摩诃提婆遂于彼时造作一头公牛——象征神圣的嘉许，并赐下圣徽与护持。”

Word by Word

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (√प्री)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• महादेवः: Mahadeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चकार: made
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• वृषभम्: a bull
• वृषभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• vṛṣabha (bull)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine favor follows sincere devotion and right conduct: when Mahādeva is pleased, he grants a tangible sign of support and auspicious power, here symbolized by the bull.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that Mahādeva, being pleased, created a bull at that moment—an act indicating approval and the conferral of a sacred emblem/aid within the story’s devotional context.