Shloka 6
Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya
Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee
सहस्र गौओंका दान करनेवाले मनुष्य जहाँ सोनेके महल हैं, जहाँ स्वर्गगंगा बहती हैं तथा जहाँ गन्धर्व और अप्सराएँ निवास करती हैं, उस स्वर्गलोकमें जाते हैं ।।
Vasiṣṭha uvāca: sahasra-gāvaḥ pradātāro manuṣyā yatra hema-prāsādāḥ, yatra svarga-gaṅgā pravahati, yatra gandharvā apsarasaś ca nivasantīti taṃ svarga-lokaṃ yānti. navanīta-paṅkāḥ kṣīrodā dadhī-śaivala-saṅkulāḥ vahanti yatra vai nadyaḥ, tatra yānti sahasra-dāḥ.
婆悉吒说道：凡施舍千头牛者，得至彼天界：金殿森立，天上恒河（Gaṅgā）奔流，乾闼婆与阿普萨罗居止其间。诚然，他们将往那一方：诸河以乳为水，凝酪如藻而浮，酥脂为泥——此即千牛大施所宣说的果报。
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the dharmic value of dāna—especially the eminent gift of cows—by portraying its merit (puṇya) as leading to exalted heavenly attainments, thereby encouraging generosity and social-religious responsibility.
Vasiṣṭha describes to his listener the specific heavenly realm reached by those who donate a thousand cows, using vivid, hyperbolic imagery—golden palaces, the celestial Gaṅgā, and rivers of milk, curd, and butter—to depict the promised reward.