Shloka 1
Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)
ऑपन-आक्षात बछ। अं क्ाज तग्रय्शीतितमो<ध्याय: ब्रह्माजीका इन्द्रसे गोलोक और गौओंका उत्कर्ष बताना और गौओंको वरदान देना भीष्म उवाच येचगां सम्प्रयच्छन्ति हुतशिष्टाशिनश्न ये । तेषां सत्राणि यज्ञाश्न नित्यमेव युधिष्ठिर
bhīṣma uvāca | ye ca gāṃ samprayacchanti hutaśiṣṭāśinaś ca ye | teṣāṃ satrāṇi yajñāś ca nityam eva yudhiṣṭhira ||
毗湿摩说道：“尤提史提罗啊，凡施牛为布施者，凡以祭祀供献之余食而自养者——此等之人恒常获得祭会与诸般祭仪之功德。他们的日常行持，实如不绝之祭（yajña），既护持自身清净，亦成就他人福祉。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that disciplined living—especially giving cows (go-dāna) and eating only what remains after offerings (yajña-śeṣa)—yields ongoing spiritual merit equivalent to continual sacrifices, linking personal restraint with social generosity.
In Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhishthira on dharma, he praises specific meritorious practices connected with sacrifice and charity, asserting that such people constantly gain the fruits of satras and yajñas.