Shloka 14
Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)
“भगवन्! पितामह! गोलोक समस्त देवताओं और लोकपालोंके ऊपर क्यों है? मैं इसे जानना चाहता हूँ ।।
bhagavan pitāmaha golokaḥ samasta-devatānāṁ loka-pālānāṁ copariṣṭāt kutaḥ? etad aham jñātum icchāmi. kiṁ tapo brahmacaryaṁ vā gobhiḥ kṛtam iha īśvara, yena devānām upariṣṭād arajasaḥ sukhaṁ vasanti?
毗湿摩说道：“圣尊啊，世界之祖父啊！为何牛界之国土——‘瞿罗迦（Goloka）’——位于一切天神与护世者之上？我愿明了此理。主宰啊，诸牛在此曾修何等苦行，或守何等梵行之誓，以致——远离罗阇斯之尘——得以安乐居于高过诸天的境界？”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Goloka as a realm attained through extraordinary purity and merit: freedom from rajas (passionate agitation) and the power of tapas and disciplined conduct. It implies that spiritual status is determined by ethical-spiritual qualities and accumulated merit, not merely by rank among celestial beings.
Bhishma, in discourse, asks an elder authority to explain why Goloka is placed above even the gods and world-guardians, and what spiritual practices the cows performed to gain such a high, passionless, blissful abode.