Gavāṃ Māhātmya — Go-dāna, Yajña-ādhāra, and Goloka
Brahmā–Indra–Surabhi Itihāsa
पाण्डुकम्बलवर्णाभां सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् । प्रदाय वस्त्रसंवीतां साध्यानां लोकमाप्नुते
pāṇḍukambalavarṇābhāṃ savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām | pradāya vastrasaṃvītāṃ sādhyānāṃ lokam āpnute ||
婆悉吒说:若有人布施一头色如淡毯之牛,并与其犊同施,又以布覆之,兼赠青铜挤乳之器,则得往萨陀耶(Sādhyas)之界。
वसिष्ठ उवाच
That dāna should be complete and dignified: giving a useful, well-provided gift (a cow with her calf, properly covered, with the needed milking vessel) yields great religious merit and leads to an exalted heavenly realm (the world of the Sādhyas).
In a discourse on dharma and gifts, Vasiṣṭha specifies the fruit of a particular form of cow-donation: donating a pale-colored cow along with her calf, clothed and accompanied by a bronze milking vessel, results in attaining the Sādhyas’ realm.