 | Book 13 Chapter 75
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | vidhiṃ gavāṃ param ahaṃ śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ
yena tāñ śāśvatāṃl lokān akhilān aśnuvīmahi
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | na godānāt paraṃ kiṃ cid vidyate vasudhādhipa
gaur hi nyāyāgatā dattā sadyas tārayate kulam
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| 3 | satām arthe samyag utpādito yaḥ; sa vai kḷptaḥ samyag iṣṭaḥ prajābhyaḥ
tasmāt pūrvaṃ hy ādikāle pravṛttaṃ; gavāṃ dāne śṛṇu rājan vidhiṃ me
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| 4 | purā goṣūpanītāsu goṣu saṃdigdhadarśinā
māndhātrā prakṛtaṃ praśnaṃ bṛhaspatir abhāṣata
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| 5 | dvijātim abhisatkṛtya śvaḥ kālam abhivedya ca
pradānārthe niyuñjīta rohiṇīṃ niyatavrataḥ
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| 6 | āhvānaṃ ca prayuñjīta samaṅge bahuleti ca
praviśya ca gavāṃ madhyam imāṃ śrutim udāharet
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| 7 | gaur me mātā govṛṣabhaḥ pitā me; divaṃ śarma jagatī me pratiṣṭhā
prapadyaivaṃ śarvarīm uṣya goṣu; munir vāṇīm utsṛjed gopradāne
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| 8 | sa tām ekāṃ niśāṃ gobhiḥ samasakhyaḥ samavrataḥ
aikātmyagamanāt sadyaḥ kalmaṣād vipramucyate
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| 9 | utsṛṣṭavṛṣavatsā hi pradeyā sūryadarśane
trividhaṃ pratipattavyam arthavādāśiṣaḥ stavāḥ
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| 10 | ūrjasvinya ūrjamedhāś ca yajño; garbho 'mṛtasya jagataś ca pratiṣṭhā
kṣitau rādhaḥprabhavaḥ śaśvad eva; prājāpatyāḥ sarvam ity arthavādaḥ
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| 11 | gāvo mamainaḥ praṇudantu sauryās; tathā saumyāḥ svargayānāya santu
āmnātā me dadatīr āśrayaṃ tu; tathānuktāḥ santu sarvāśiṣo me
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| 12 | śeṣotsarge karmabhir dehamokṣe; sarasvatyaḥ śreyasi saṃpravṛttāḥ
yūyaṃ nityaṃ puṇyakarmopavāhyā; diśadhvaṃ me gatim iṣṭāṃ prapannāḥ
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| 13 | yā vai yūyaṃ so 'ham adyaikabhāvo; yuṣmān dattvā cāham ātmapradātā
manaścyutā manaevopapannāḥ; saṃdhukṣadhvaṃ saumyarūpograrūpāḥ
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| 14 | evaṃ tasyāgre pūrvam ardhaṃ vadeta; gavāṃ dātā vidhivat pūrvadṛṣṭam
pratibrūyāc cheṣam ardhaṃ dvijātiḥ; pratigṛhṇan vai gopradāne vidhijñaḥ
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| 15 | gāṃ dadānīti vaktavyam arghyavastravasupradaḥ
ūdhasyā bharitavyā ca vaiṣṇavīti ca codayet
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| 16 | nāma saṃkīrtayet tasyā yathāsaṃkhyottaraṃ sa vai
phalaṃ ṣaḍviṃśad aṣṭau ca sahasrāṇi ca viṃśatiḥ
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| 17 | evam etān guṇān vṛddhān gavādīnāṃ yathākramam
gopradātā samāpnoti samastān aṣṭame krame
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| 18 | godaḥ śīlī nirbhayaś cārghadātā; na syād duḥkhī vasudātā ca kāmī
ūdhasyoḍhā bhārata yaś ca vidvān; vyākhyātās te vaiṣṇavāś candralokāḥ
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| 19 | gā vai dattvā govratī syāt trirātraṃ; niśāṃ caikāṃ saṃvaseteha tābhiḥ
kāmyāṣṭamyāṃ vartitavyaṃ trirātraṃ; rasair vā goḥ śakṛtā prasnavair vā
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| 20 | vedavratī syād vṛṣabhapradātā; vedāvāptir goyugasya pradāne
tathā gavāṃ vidhim āsādya yajvā; lokān agryān vindate nāvidhijñaḥ
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| 21 | kāmān sarvān pārthivān ekasaṃsthān; yo vai dadyāt kāmadughāṃ ca dhenum
samyak tāḥ syur havyakavyaughavatyas; tāsām ukṣṇāṃ jyāyasāṃ saṃpradānam
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| 22 | na cāśiṣyāyāvratāyopakuryān; nāśraddadhānāya na vakrabuddhaye
guhyo hy ayaṃ sarvalokasya dharmo; nemaṃ dharmaṃ yatra tatra prajalpet
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| 23 | santi loke śraddadhānā manuṣyāḥ; santi kṣudrā rākṣasā mānuṣeṣu
yeṣāṃ dānaṃ dīyamānaṃ hy aniṣṭaṃ; nāstikyaṃ cāpy āśrayante hy apuṇyāḥ
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| 24 | bārhaspatyaṃ vākyam etan niśamya; ye rājāno gopradānāni kṛtvā
lokān prāptāḥ puṇyaśīlāḥ suvṛttās; tān me rājan kīrtyamānān nibodha
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| 25 | uśīnaro viṣvagaśvo nṛgaś ca; bhagīratho viśruto yauvanāśvaḥ
māndhātā vai mucukundaś ca rājā; bhūridyumno naiṣadhaḥ somakaś ca
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| 26 | purūravā bharataś cakravartī; yasyānvaye bhāratāḥ sarva eva
tathā vīro dāśarathiś ca rāmo; ye cāpy anye viśrutāḥ kīrtimantaḥ
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| 27 | tathā rājā pṛthukarmā dilīpo; divaṃ prāpto gopradāne vidhijñaḥ
yajñair dānais tapasā rājadharmair; māndhātābhūd gopradānaiś ca yuktaḥ
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| 28 | tasmāt pārtha tvam apīmāṃ mayoktāṃ; bārhaspatīṃ bhāratīṃ dhārayasva
dvijāgryebhyaḥ saṃprayaccha pratīto; gāḥ puṇyā vai prāpya rājyaṃ kurūṇām
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| 29 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 29 | tathā sarvaṃ kṛtavān dharmarājo; bhīṣmeṇokto vidhivad gopradāne
sa māndhātur devadevopadiṣṭaṃ; samyag dharmaṃ dhārayām āsa rājā
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| 30 | iti nṛpa satataṃ gavāṃ pradāne; yavaśakalān saha gomayaiḥ pibānaḥ
kṣititalaśayanaḥ śikhī yatātmā; vṛṣa iva rājavṛṣas tadā babhūva
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| 31 | sa nṛpatir abhavat sadaiva tābhyaḥ; prayatamanā hy abhisaṃstuvaṃś ca gā vai
nṛpadhuri ca na gām ayuṅkta bhūyas; turagavarair agamac ca yatra tatra
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