pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: तेनैवमुक्तस्तमहं प्रत्यवोचं प्राप्तोऽस्मि ते विषयं दुर्निवर्त्यम्। इच्छाम्यहं पुण्यकृतां समृद्धान् लोकान् द्रष्टुं यदि तेऽहं वरार्हः॥
English: Thus addressed by him, I replied to the king of the dead, saying, I have arrived within your territory from which no traveller ever returns. If I am worthy of your attentions, I wish, O king of the dead, to see those regions of great prosperity and happiness that have been reserved for doers of virtuous deeds.
Sanskrit: तु यानं समारोप्य मां स देवो वाहैर्युक्तं सुप्रभं भानुमत् तत्। संदर्शयामास तदात्मलोकान् सर्वोस्तथा पुण्यकृतां द्विजेन्द्र॥
English: Thus addressed by me, Yama made me mount a vehicle effulgent as the Sun and to which were yoked many excellent horses. Taking me on that car, he showed me, O foremost of twice born ones, all those charming regions that are reserved for the pious.
Sanskrit: अपश्यं तत्र वेश्मानि तैजसानि महात्मनाम्। नानासंस्थानरूपाणि सर्वरत्नमयानि च॥
English: I saw in those regions many effulgent palaces intended for great persons. Those mansions are of various forns and are adorned with every kind of gems.
Sanskrit: चन्द्रमण्डलशुभ्राणि किङ्किणीजालवन्ति च। अनेकशतभौमानि सान्त लवनानि च।॥
English: Bright as the lunar disc, they are ornamented with rows of tinkling bells, Hundreds among them are many storied. Within them are charming groves and gardens and transparent pools of water.
Sanskrit: वैदूर्यार्कप्रकाशनि रूप्यरुक्ममयानि च। तरुणादित्यवर्णानि स्थावराणि चराणि च॥
English: Effulgent like lapis lazuli and the Sun, and made of silver and gold, their colour resembles that of the morning Sun. Some of them are fixed and soine movable.
Sanskrit: भक्ष्यभोज्यमयान्शैलान् वासांसि शयनानि च। सर्वकामफलांश्चैव वृक्षान् भवनसंस्थितान्॥
English: Within them are many hills of foods any enjoyable articles, and dresses and beds in abundance. Within them are many trees capable of granting the fruition of every desire.
Sanskrit: नद्यो वीथ्यः सभा वाप्यो दीर्घिकाश्चैव सर्वशः। घोषवन्ति च यानानि युक्तान्यथ सहस्रशः॥
English: There are also many rivers and roads and spacious halls and lakes and large tanks. Thousands of cars with rattling wheels may be seen there, having excellent horses yoked to them.
Sanskrit: क्षीरस्रवा वै सरितो गिरीश्च सर्पिस्तथा विमलं चापि तोयम्। नदृष्टपूर्वान् सुबहूनपश्यम्॥
English: Many rivers of milk, many hills of clarified butter and large pieces of transparent water are there. Indeed, I saw many such regions never seen by me before, of happiness and joy, approved by the king of dead.
Sanskrit: मवोचं वै प्रभविष्णुं पुराणम्। क्षीरस्यैताः सर्पिषश्चैव नद्यः शश्वत्स्रोताः कस्य भोज्याः प्रदिष्टा॥
English: Seeing all those objects, I addressed the ancient and powerful judge of the dead, saying For whose use and enjoyment have these rivers with eternal currents of milk and clarified butter been ordained?
Sanskrit: यम उवाच यमोऽब्रवीद् विद्धि भोज्यास्त्वमेता ये दातारः साधवो गोरसानाम्। अन्ये लोकाः शाश्वता वीतशोकैः समाकीर्णा गोप्रदाने रतानाम्॥
English: Yama said These rivers of milk and clarified butter are for the enjoyment of those pious persons who make gifts in the world of men. Other eternal worlds there are which are filled with such palaces free from every sort of sorrow. These are reserved for th« se persons who make gift of kine.
Sanskrit: न त्वेतासां दानमात्रं प्रशस्तं पात्रं कालो गोविशेषे विधिश्च। ज्ञात्वां देयं विप्र गवान्तरं हि दुःखं ज्ञातुं पावकादित्यभूतम्॥
English: The mere gift of kine is not laudable. There are considerations of fitness or otherwise about the person to whom kine should be given, the time for making those gifts, the kind of kine and rites that should be observed in making the gifts. Gifts of kine should be made after knowing the qualifications of both Brahmanas and the kine themselves. Kine should not be given to one in whose house they are likely to suffer from fire or the sun.
Sanskrit: स्वाध्यायवान् योऽतिमात्रं तपस्वी वैतानस्थो ब्राह्मणः पात्रमासाम्। कृच्छ्रोत्सृष्टाः योषणाभ्यागताश्च द्वारैरेतैर्गोविशेषाः प्रशस्ताः॥
English: That Brahmana, who is endued with Vedic learning, who is of austere penances, and who celebrates sacrifices, is considered as worthy of receiving kine in gift. Those kine which have been saved from distressful situations, or which have been given by poor householders from want of sufficient means to feed and cherish them, are for these reasons, counted as of great value.
Sanskrit: तिस्रो राज्यस्त्वद्भिपोष्य भूमौ तृप्ता गावस्तर्पितेभ्यः प्रदेयाः। स्त्र्यहं दत्त्वा गोरसैर्वर्तितव्यम्॥
English: Abstaining from all food and subsisting upon water alone for three nights and sleeping the while on the naked earth, one should, having properly fed the kine intended to be given away, give them to Brahmanas after having pleased them also (with other gifts).
Sanskrit: दत्त्वा धेनुं सुव्रता कांस्यदोहां कल्याणवत्सामलायिनी च। स्तावद् वर्षाण्यश्नुते स्वर्गलोकम्॥
English: The kine, given away, should be accompanied by their calves. They should, again, be such as to bring forth good calves at the proper They should be accompanied with other articles. Having completed the gift, the giver should live for three days on only milk and abstaining from food of every other kind.
Sanskrit: तथानड्वाहं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदाय दान्तं धुर्यं बलवन्तं युवानम्। कुलानुजीव्यं वीर्यवन्तं बृहन्तं भुङ्क्ते लोकान् सम्मितान् धेनुदस्य॥
English: He, who gives a good cow that brings forth good calves at proper time, and that does not fly away from the owner's house, and accompanies such gifts with a vessel of white brass for milking her, enjoys the divine happiness for as many years as are measured by the number of hairs on the animal's body. He who gives a bull to a Brahmana, that is wellbroken and capable of carrying loads, strong and young in years, disinclined to do any mischief, largesized and powerful enjoys those regions, approved of the righteous, that are reserved for givers of kine.
Sanskrit: गोषु क्षान्तं गोशरण्यं कृतज्ञं वृत्तिग्लानं तादृशं पात्रमाहुः। वृद्धे ग्लाने सम्भ्रमे वा महार्थे कृष्यर्थं वा होम्यहेतोः प्रसूत्याम्॥ गुर्वर्थं वा बालपुष्ट्याभिषणां गां वै दातुं देशकालोऽविशिष्टः। अन्तर्ज्ञाताः सक्रयज्ञानलब्धाः प्राणक्रीता निर्जिता यौतकाच॥
English: He is considered as a proper person for receiving a cow in gift who is known to be mild towards kine, who takes kine for his refuge, who is grateful, and who has no means of livelihood assigned to him. When an old man becomes ill, or when a famine takes place or when a Brahmana intends to celebrate a sacrifice, or when one wishes to till for agriculture, or when one gets a son through the efficacy of a Home performed for the purpose, or for the use of one's preceptor, or for the sustenance of a child, one should give away a loved cow. These are the considerations that are spoken highly of about place and time. The kine worthy of being given away are those that give profuse milk, or those which wellknown, or those that have been acquired as honoraria for learning, or those that have been purchased for price, or those that have been obtained in exchange by offering other living are creatures, or those that have been got by prowess of arms, or those that have been got as marriagedower.
Sanskrit: नचिकेता उवाच श्रुत्वा वैवस्वतवचस्तमहं पुनरब्रुवम्। अभावे गोप्रदातॄणां कथं लोकान् हि गच्छति॥
English: Nachiketa said Hearing these words of Vaivasvata, the Regent of the dead, I once more addressed him, saying What are those objects by giving which, when kine cannot be had, givers may yet go to regions reserved for men making gifts of kine.
Sanskrit: ततोऽब्रवीद् यमो धीमान् गोप्रदानपरां गतिम्। गोप्रदानानुकल्पं तु गामृते सन्ति गोप्रदाः॥
English: Accosted by me, the wise Yama answered, explaining further what the end is which one wins by making gifts of kine. He said, In the absence of kine, a person by making gifts of the substitute of kine, acquires the merit of making gifts of kine.
Sanskrit: अलाभे यो गवां दद्याद् घृतधेनुं यतव्रतः। तस्यैता घृतवाहिन्यः क्षरन्ते वत्सला इव॥
English: If in the absence of kine, one makes a gift of a cow made of clarified butter, observant of a vow the while, one gets for one's use these rivers of clarified butter all of which approach one like an affectionate mother approaching her loved child.
Sanskrit: घृतालाभे तु यो दद्यात् तिलधेनुं यतव्रतः। स दुर्गात् तारितो धेन्वा क्षीरनद्यां प्रमोदते॥
English: If in absence of even a cow made of clarified butter, one makes a gift of a cow made of sesame seeds, observing a vow the while, one succeeds with the help of that cow to get over all calamities in this world and to enjoy great happiness hereafter from these rivers of milk that you see.
Sanskrit: तिलालाभे तु यो दद्याज्जलधेनुं यतव्रतः। स कामप्रवहां शीतां नदीमेतामुपाश्नुते॥
English: If a cow made of sesame seeds, is not available, one makes a gift of a cow made of water, he succeeds in coming to these happy regions and enjoying this river of cool and transparent water, that can grant the fruition of every desire.
Sanskrit: एवमेतानि मे तत्र धर्मराजो न्यदर्शयत्। दृष्ट्वा च परमं हर्षमवापमहमच्युत॥
English: The king of the dead explained to me all this while I was his guest, and, O you of unfading glory, great was the joy that I felt on seeing all the wonders he showed me.
Sanskrit: निवेदये चाहमिमं प्रियं ते क्रतुर्महानल्पधनप्रचारः। प्राप्तो मया तात स मत्प्रसूतः। प्रपत्स्यते वेदविधिप्रवृत्तः॥
English: I shall now tell you what would certainly be agreeable to you. I have now got a great sacrifice whose performance does not require much riches. That sacrifice may be said to originate from me, O sire. Others will obtain it also. It is not quite of a piece with the ordinances of the Vedas.
Sanskrit: शापो ह्ययं भवतोऽनुग्रहाय प्राप्तो मया यत्र दृष्ट्वा यमो वै। दानव्युष्टिं तत्र दृष्ट्वा महात्मन् नि:संदिग्धान् दानधर्मोश्चरिष्ये॥
English: The curse that you had imprecated on me was no curse but was in sooth a blessing, since it enabled me to see the great king of the dead. There I have seen what the rewards are of gifts. I shall henceforth, O you of great soul, practise the duty of gift without any doubt about its rewards.
Sanskrit: इदं च मामब्रवीद् धर्मराजः पुनः पुनः सम्प्रहृष्टो महर्षे दानेन यः प्रयतोऽभूत् सदैव विशेषतो गोप्रदानं च कुर्यात्॥
English: And, O great Rishi, the righteous Yama, filled with joy, repeatedly told me. One who, by making repeated gifts, has succeeded in acquiring purity of mind should then make gift of kine in particular.
Sanskrit: शुद्धो ह्यर्थो नावमन्यस्व धर्मान् पात्रे देयं देशकालोपपन्ने। तस्माद् गावस्ते नित्यमेव प्रदेया मा भूच्च ते संशयः कश्चिदत्र॥
English: The subject is fraught with sanctity. Do you never disregard the duties of gifts. Gifts, again, should be made to worth persons, when time and place are suitable. Do you, therefore, always make gifts of kine. Never entertain any doubt about it.
Sanskrit: एताः पुरा ह्यददन्नित्यमेव शान्तात्मानो दानपथे निविष्टाः। स्ते वै दानं प्रददुश्चैव शक्त्या॥
English: Devoted to the path of gifts, formerly many great persons used to make gifts of kine. Fearing to practise austere penances, they made gifts according to their power.
Sanskrit: काले च शक्त्या मत्सरं वर्जयित्वा शुद्धात्मानः श्रद्धिनः पुण्यशीलाः। दत्त्वा गां वै लोकममुं प्रपन्ना देदीप्यन्ते पुण्यशीलास्तु नाके॥
English: In time they shook off all sentiments of pride and vanity, and purified their souls. Engaged in performing Shraddhas in honour of the departed manes and in all religious acts of righteousness, they used to make, according to their power, gifts of kine, and as the reward of those acts they have attained to the celestial region and are shining in effulgence for such virtue.
Sanskrit: एतद् दानं न्यायलब्धं द्विजेभ्यः पात्रे दत्तं प्रापणीयं परीक्ष्य। काम्याष्टम्या वर्तितव्यं दशाह रसैर्गवां शकृता प्रस्रवैर्वा॥
English: One should, on the eighth day of the moon that is known by the name of Kamyashtami, make gifts a kine, properly got, to the Brahinanas, after determining the fitness of the recipients. After making the gift, one should then live for ten days together upon only the milk of kine, their dung and their urin ..
Sanskrit: र्वेदावाप्तिर्गोयुगस्य प्रदाने। तीर्थावाप्तिर्गोप्रयुक्तप्रदाने पापोत्सर्गः कपिलायाः प्रदाने॥
English: The merit that one acquires by making a gift of a bull is equal to that of the divine cow. By making a gift of a couple of kine one gains, as the reward thereof, a mastery of the Vedas. By making a gift of cars and vehicles with kine yoked thereto, one wins the merit of baths in sacred water. By making a gift of a cow of the Kapila kine, one becomes purged of all his sins.
Sanskrit: गामप्येकां कपिलां सम्प्रदाय न्यायोपेतां कलुषाद् विप्रमुच्येत्। गवां रसात् परमं नास्ति किंचिद् गवां प्रदानं सुमहद् वदन्ति॥
English: Indeed by giving away even a single cow of the Kapila kine that has been acquired by fair means, one becomes purged of all his sins. There is nothing higher than the milk which is given by kine. The gift of a cow is truly considered as a very superior gift.
Sanskrit: गावो लोकांस्तारयन्ति क्षरन्त्यो गावश्चान्नं संजनयन्ति लोके। यस्तं जानन गवां हार्दमेति स वै गन्ता निरयं पापचेताः॥
English: Kine, by giving milk, rescue all the worlds from calamity. It is kine, again, that produce the food upon which creatures live. One who, knowing the extent of the service that kine do, does not entertain in his heart love for kine, is a sinner who is sure to sink in Hell.
Sanskrit: यैस्तद् दत्तं गोसहस्रं शतं वा दशार्धं वा दश वा साधुवत्सम्। अप्येका वै साधवे ब्राह्मणाय सास्यामुष्मिन् पुण्यतीर्था नदी वै॥
English: If one gives a thousand or a hundred or ten or five kine, indeed, if one gives to a pious Brahmana even a single cow which brings forth good calves at proper seasons, he is sure to see that cow approach him in Heaven in the form of a river of sacred water capable of granting the fruition of every desire.
Sanskrit: प्राप्त्या पुष्ट्या लोकसंरक्षणेन गावस्तुल्याः सूर्यपादैः पृथिव्याम्। स्तस्माद् गोदः सूर्य इवावभाति॥
English: About prosperity and the growth that kine confer, in the matter also of the protection that kine grant to all creatures of the Earth, kine are equal to the very rays of the Sun that fall on the Earth. The word that signifies the cow means also the rays of the Sun. The giver of a cow begets a very large progeny inhabiting a large part of the Earth. Hence, he who gives a cow shines like a second Sun in effulgence.
Sanskrit: गुरुं शिष्यो वरयेद् गोप्रदाने स वै गन्ता नियतं स्वर्गमेव। विधिज्ञानं सुमहान् धर्म एष विधिं ह्याद्यं विधयः संविशन्ति॥
English: The disciple should, in the matter of making gifts of kine, select his preceptor. Such a disciple is sure to go to Heaven every time. The selection of a preceptor is considered as a high duty by persons knowing the ordinances. This is, indeed, the initial ordinance. All other ordinances depend upon it.
Sanskrit: इदं दानं न्यायलब्धं द्विजेभ्यः पात्रे दत्त्वा प्रापयेथाः परीक्ष्य। त्वय्याशंसन्त्यमरा मानवाश्च वयं चापि प्रसृते पुण्यशीले॥
English: Selecting, after examination, a fit person among the Brahmanas, one should make to him the gift of a cow that has been acquired by fair means, and having made the gift make him accept it. The deities and men and ourselves also, in wishing good to others, say, Let the merits of gifts be yours on account of your virtue?
Sanskrit: इत्युक्तोऽहं धर्मराजं द्विजर्षे धर्मात्मानं शिरसाभिप्रणम्य। अनुज्ञातस्तेन वैवस्वतेन प्रत्यागमं भगवत्पादमूलम्॥
English: Thus did the judge of the dead speak to me, O twiceborn Rishi. I then bowed my head to the righteous Yama. Getting his permission I left his kingdom and have now come to the sole of your feet.
Sanskrit: पितामह उवाच योऽयं प्रश्नस्त्वया पृष्टो गोप्रदानादिकारितः। नास्ति प्रष्टास्ति लोकेऽस्मिंस्त्वत्तोऽन्योहि शतक्रतो॥१
English: The grandfather said The questions you have put to me about kine, beginning with their gift, are such that there is none else in the three world, O you of a hundred sacrifices, who could put them.
Sanskrit: सन्ति नानाविधा लोका यांस्त्वं शक्र न पश्यसि। पश्यामियानहं लोकानेकपत्न्यश्च याः स्त्रियः॥
English: There are many kinds of regions, O Shakra, which are invisible to even you. Those regions are seen by me. O Indra,, as also by those women who are chaste and who have been devoted to only one husband.
Sanskrit: कर्मभिश्चापि सुशुभैः सुव्रता ऋषयस्तथा। सशरीरा हि तान् यान्ति ब्राह्मणाः शुभबुद्धयः॥
English: Rishis observe excellent vows, by means of their deeds of virtue and piety and Brahmanas of righteous souls, succeed in going there in even their human bodies.
Sanskrit: शरीरन्यासमोक्षेण मनसा निर्मलेन च। स्वप्नभूतांश्च ताल्लोकान् पश्यन्तीहापि सुव्रताः॥
English: Men who perform excellent vows see those regions which resemble the bright creations of dreams helped by their purified minds and by that (temporary) liberation which succeeds the loss of one's consciousness of body.
Sanskrit: ते तु लोकाः सहस्राक्ष शृणु यादृग्गुणान्विताः। न तत्र क्रमते कालो न जरा न च पावकः॥ तथा नास्त्यशुभं किंचिन्न व्याधिस्तत्र न क्रमः।
English: O you, of a thousand eyes, hear me as I tell you what the attributes are of those regions. There the very course of Time is stopped. Decrepitude is not there nor Fire which is omnipresent in the universe. There is slightest transgression does not take place, nor disease, nor weakness of any sort.
Sanskrit: यद् यच्च गावो मनसा तस्मिन् वान्छन्ति वासव॥ तत् सर्वं प्राप्नुवन्ति स्म मम प्रत्यक्षदर्शनात्।
English: The kine which live there, O Vasava, acquire the fruition of every desire which they cherish in their hearts. I have direct experience of what I say to you.
Sanskrit: कामगाः कामचारिण्यः कामात् कामांश्च भुञ्जते॥ वाप्यः सरांसि सरितो विविधानि वनानि च। गृहाणि पर्वताश्चैव यावद्र्व्यं च किंचन॥ मनोज्ञं सर्वभूतेभ्यः सर्वतन्त्रं प्रदृश्यत। ईदृशाद् विपुलाल्लोकान्नास्ति लोकस्तथाविधः॥
English: Capable of going everywhere at will and actually going from place to place with ease, they enjoy the fruition of desire after desire as it arises in their minds. Lakes, tanks, rivers, forests of diverse kinds, mansions, hills and all kinds of delightful objects are to be seen there. There is no region of happiness that is superior to any of these of which I speak.
Sanskrit: तत्र सर्वसहाः क्षान्ता वत्सला गुरुवर्तिनः। अहङ्कारैर्विरहिता यान्ति शक्र नरोत्तमाः॥
English: All those foremost of men, O Shakra, who are forgiving to all creatures, who endure everything, who are full of love for all things, who render dutiful obedience to their preceptors, and who are freed from pride and vanity, go to those regions of supreme happiness.
Sanskrit: यः सर्वमांसानि न भक्षयीत पुमान् सदा भावितो धर्मयुक्तः। मातापित्रोरर्चिता सत्ययुक्तः शुश्रूषिता ब्राह्मणानामनिन्द्यः।॥ अक्रोधनो गोषु तथा द्विजेषु धर्मे रतो गुरुशुश्रूषकश्चा यावज्जीवं सत्यवृत्ते रतश्च दाने रतो यः क्षमी चापराधे॥ मृदुर्दान्तो देवपरायणश्च सर्वातिथिश्चापि तथा दयावान्। ईदृग्गुणो मानवस्तं प्रयाति लोकं गवां शाश्वतं चाव्ययं च॥
English: He who abstains from every kind of flesh, who is possessed of a pure heart, who is gifted with righteousness, who worships his parents with respect, who is endued with truthfulness of speech and conduct, who attends with obedience upon the Brahmanas, who is faultless in conduct, who never behaves with anger towards kine and towards the Brahmanas, who performs every duty, who serves his preceptors with reverence, who is devoted for his whole life to truth and to gifts, and who is always forgiving towards all transgressions against himself, who is mild and selfcontrolled, who is full of respect for the celestials, who is hospitable to all guests, who is gifted with mercy, indeed, he who is adorned with these attributes, succeeds in attaining to the eternal region of kine.
Sanskrit: न पारदारी पश्यति लोकमेतं न वै गुरुघ्नो न मृषा सम्प्रलापी। सदा प्रवादी ब्राह्मणेष्वात्तवैरो दोषैरेतैर्यश्च युक्तो दुरात्मा॥ न मित्रधुड्नैकृतिकः कृतघ्नः शठोऽनृजुर्धर्मविद्वेषश्च। न ब्रह्महा मनसापि प्रपश्येद् गवां लोकं पुण्यकृतां निवासम्॥
English: He who is sullied with adultery, sees not such a region; nor he who is a destroyer of his preceptor; nor he who speaks falsely or indulges in idle vaunts; nor he who always disputes with others; nor he who acts with hostility towards the Brahmanas. Indeed, that wicked man who is sullied with such faults cannot even see these regions of happiness; nor he who injures his friends, nor he who is guileful; nor he who is ungrateful; nor he who is a cheat; nor he who is crooked in conduct; nor he who is a disregarder of religion nor he who is a slayer of Brahmanas. Such man cannot see in ever Imagination the region of kine that is the abode of only the pious.
Sanskrit: एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं निपुणेन सुरेश्वर। गोप्रदानरतानां तु फलं शृणु शतक्रतो॥
English: I have told you everything particularly about the regions of kine, O king of the celestials. Hear now, O you of a hundred sacrifices, the merit of persons who are engaged in making gifts of kine.
Sanskrit: दायाद्यलब्धैरथैयो गाः क्रीत्वा सम्प्रयच्छति। धर्मार्जितान् धनैः क्रीतान् स लोकानाप्नुतेऽयान्॥
English: He who makes gifts of kine, after purchasing them with money obtained by inheritance or acquired by fair means, attains, as the fruit of such an act, to many regions of endless happiness.
Sanskrit: यो वै द्यूतेधनं जित्वा गाः क्रीत्वा सम्प्रयच्छति। स दिव्यमयुतं शक्र वर्षाणां फलमश्नुते॥
English: He who makes a gift of a cow, having acquired it with money, won at dice, enjoys happiness, O Shakra, for ten thousand celestial years.
Sanskrit: दायाद्याद्याः स्म वै गावो न्यायपूर्वैरुपार्जिताः। प्रदद्यात् ताः प्रदातॄणां सम्भवन्त्यपि च धुवाः॥
English: He who acquires a cow as his share of ancestral riches is said to acquire her legitimately. Such a cow may be given away. They who make gifts of kine so acquired, obtain innumerable endless regions of eternal happiness.
Sanskrit: प्रतिगृह्य तु यो दद्याद् गाः संशुद्धेन चेतसा। तस्यापीहक्षियाल्लोकान् ध्रुवान् विद्धि शचीपते।।२०
English: That person who having acquired a cow in gift makes a gift of her with a pure heart, succeeds, forsooth, O lord of Sachi, in Obtaining eternal regions of beatitude.
Sanskrit: जन्मप्रभृति सत्यं च यो ब्रूयानियतेन्द्रियः। गुरुद्विजसहः क्षान्तस्तस्य गोभिः समा गतिः॥
English: That person who with controlled senses speaks the truth from his birth and who endures everything at the hands of his preceptor and of the Brahmanas, and who practises forgiveness, gains an end that is equal to that of kine.
Sanskrit: न जातु ब्राह्मणो वाच्यो यदवाच्यं शचीपते। मनसा गोषु न दुह्येद् गोवृत्तिर्गोऽनुकल्पकः॥
English: Improper words, O lord of Shachi, should never be addressed to a Brahmana. One, again, should not, in even his mind, do an injury to a cow. One should in his conduct, imitate the cow, and show mercy towards the cow.
Sanskrit: सत्ये धर्मे च निरतस्तस्य शक्र फलं शृणु। गोसहस्रेण समिता तस्य धेनुर्भवत्युत॥
English: Hear, O Shakra, of the fruits which truthful persons enjoy. If such a person gives away a single cow, that becomes thousandfold.
Sanskrit: क्षत्रियस्य गुणैरेतैरपि तुल्यफलं शृणु। तस्यापि द्विजतुल्या गौर्भवतीति विनिश्चयः॥
English: If Kshatriya endued with such qualifications, makes a gift of a single cow, his merit equals that of a Brahmana's That single cow, listen, O Shakra, which such a Kshatriya gives away produces as much merit as the single cow that a Brahmana gives away does under similar circumstances. This is the issue of the scriptures.
Sanskrit: वैश्यस्यैते यदि गुणास्तस्य पञ्चशतं भवेत्। शूद्रस्यापि विनीतस्य चतुर्भागफलं स्मृतम्॥
English: If a Vaishya, endued with similar accomplishments, were to make a gift of a single cow, that cow would equal five hundred kine. If a Shudra endued with humility were to make a gift of a cow, such cow would be equal to a hundred and twenty five kine. one COW a a
Sanskrit: एतच्चैनं योऽनुतिष्ठेत युक्तः सत्ये रतो गुरुशुश्रूषया च। दक्षः क्षान्तो देवतार्थी प्रशान्तः शुचिर्बुद्धो धर्मशीलोऽनहंवाद॥ महत् फलं प्राप्यते स द्विजाय दत्त्वा दोग्ध्रीं विधिनानेन धेनुम्। नित्यं दद्यादेकभक्तः सदा च सत्ये स्थितो गुरुशुश्रूषिता च॥
English: Given to penances and truth, always in Scriptures through duliful services done to his preceptor, gifted with forgiving nature, engaged in the adoration of the deities, possessed of a tranquil soul, pure, enlightened, observant of all duties, and freed from every sort of egotism, that man who makes a gift of a cow to a Brahmana, forsooth, acquires great merit through that act of his, viz., the gift, according to proper rites, of a cow giving profuse milk. Hence, one, with singleness of devotion, observant of truth, and engaged in humbly serving his preceptor, should always make gifts of kine.