 | Book 13 Chapter 77
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | etasminn eva kāle tu vasiṣṭham ṛṣisattamam
ikṣvākuvaṃśajo rājā saudāso dadatāṃ varaḥ
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| 2 | sarvalokacaraṃ siddhaṃ brahmakośaṃ sanātanam
purohitam idaṃ praṣṭum abhivādyopacakrame
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| 3 | saudāsa uvāca
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| 3 | trailokye bhagavan kiṃ svit pavitraṃ kathyate 'nagha
yat kīrtayan sadā martyaḥ prāpnuyāt puṇyam uttamam
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| 4 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 4 | tasmai provāca vacanaṃ praṇatāya hitaṃ tadā
gavām upaniṣad vidvān namaskṛtya gavāṃ śuciḥ
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| 5 | gāvaḥ surabhigandhinyas tathā guggulugandhikāḥ
gāvaḥ pratiṣṭhā bhūtānāṃ gāvaḥ svastyayanaṃ mahat
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| 6 | gāvo bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyac ca gāvaḥ puṣṭiḥ sanātanī
gāvo lakṣmyās tathā mūlaṃ goṣu dattaṃ na naśyati
annaṃ hi satataṃ gāvo devānāṃ paramaṃ haviḥ
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| 7 | svāhākāravaṣaṭkārau goṣu nityaṃ pratiṣṭhitau
gāvo yajñasya hi phalaṃ goṣu yajñāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ
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| 8 | sāyaṃ prātaś ca satataṃ homakāle mahāmate
gāvo dadati vai homyam ṛṣibhyaḥ puruṣarṣabha
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| 9 | kāni cid yāni durgāṇi duṣkṛtāni kṛtāni ca
taranti caiva pāpmānaṃ dhenuṃ ye dadati prabho
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| 10 | ekāṃ ca daśagur dadyād daśa dadyāc ca gośatī
śataṃ sahasragur dadyāt sarve tulyaphalā hi te
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| 11 | anāhitāgniḥ śatagur ayajvā ca sahasraguḥ
samṛddho yaś ca kīnāśo nārghyam arhanti te trayaḥ
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| 12 | kapilāṃ ye prayacchanti savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām
suvratāṃ vastrasaṃvītām ubhau lokau jayanti te
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| 13 | yuvānam indriyopetaṃ śatena saha yūthapam
gavendraṃ brāhmaṇendrāya bhūriśṛṅgam alaṃkṛtam
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| 14 | vṛṣabhaṃ ye prayacchanti śrotriyāya paraṃtapa
aiśvaryaṃ te 'bhijāyante jāyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 15 | nākīrtayitvā gāḥ supyān nāsmṛtya punar utpatet
sāyaṃ prātar namasyec ca gās tataḥ puṣṭim āpnuyāt
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| 16 | gavāṃ mūtrapurīṣasya nodvijeta kadā cana
na cāsāṃ māṃsam aśnīyād gavāṃ vyuṣṭiṃ tathāśnute
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| 17 | gāś ca saṃkīrtayen nityaṃ nāvamanyeta gās tathā
aniṣṭaṃ svapnam ālakṣya gāṃ naraḥ saṃprakīrtayet
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| 18 | gomayena sadā snāyād gokarīṣe ca saṃviśet
śleṣmamūtrapurīṣāṇi pratighātaṃ ca varjayet
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| 19 | sārdracarmaṇi bhuñjīta nirīkṣan vāruṇīṃ diśam
vāgyataḥ sarpiṣā bhūmau gavāṃ vyuṣṭiṃ tathāśnute
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| 20 | ghṛtena juhuyād agniṃ ghṛtena svasti vācayet
ghṛtaṃ dadyād ghṛtaṃ prāśed gavāṃ vyuṣṭiṃ tathāśnute
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| 21 | gomatyā vidyayā dhenuṃ tilānām abhimantrya yaḥ
rasaratnamayīṃ dadyān na sa śocet kṛtākṛte
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| 22 | gāvo mām upatiṣṭhantu hemaśṛṅgāḥ payomucaḥ
surabhyaḥ saurabheyāś ca saritaḥ sāgaraṃ yathā
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| 23 | gāvaḥ paśyantu māṃ nityaṃ gāvaḥ paśyāmy ahaṃ tadā
gāvo 'smākaṃ vayaṃ tāsāṃ yato gāvas tato vayam
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| 24 | evaṃ rātrau divā caiva sameṣu viṣameṣu ca
mahābhayeṣu ca naraḥ kīrtayan mucyate bhayāt
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