Mahabharata · Chapter 13.129

ye ca gāḥ samprayacchanti hutaśiṣṭāśinaśca ye /
teṣāṃ satrāṇi yajñāśca nityameva yudhiṣṭhira //

ṛte dadhighṛteneha na yajñaḥ sampravartate /
tena yajñasya yajñatvamato mūlaṃ ca lakṣyate //

dānānāmapi sarveṣāṃ gavāṃ dānaṃ praśasyate /
gāvaḥ śreṣṭhāḥ pavitrāśca pāvanaṃ hyetaduttamam //

puṣṭyarthametāḥ seveta śāntyarthamapi caiva ha /
payo dadhi ghṛtaṃ cāsāṃ sarvapāpapramocanam //

gāvastejaḥ paraṃ proktamiha loke paratra ca /
na gobhyaḥ paramaṃ kiñcitpavitraṃ bharatarṣabha //

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam /
pitāmahasya saṃvādamindrasya ca yudhiṣṭhira //

parābhūteṣu daityeṣu śakrastribhuvaneśvaraḥ /
prajāḥ samuditāḥ sarvāḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇāḥ //

atharṣayaḥ sagandharvāḥ kinnaroragarākṣasāḥ / devāsurasuparṇāśca prajānāṃ patayastathā /
paryupāsata kaunteya kadācidvai pitāmaham //

nāradaḥ parvataścaiva viśvāvasuhahāhuhūḥ /
divyatāneṣu gāyantaḥ paryupāsata taṃ prabhum //

tatra divyāni puṣpāṇi prāvahatpavanastadā /
ājahrurṛtavaścāpi sugandhīni pṛthakpṛthak //

tasmindevasamāvāye sarvabhūtasamāgame / divyavāditrasanghuṣṭe divyastrīcāraṇāvṛte /
indraḥ papraccha deveśamabhivādya praṇamya ca //

devānāṃ bhagavankasmāllokeśānāṃ pitāmaha /
upariṣṭhādgavāṃ loka etadicchāmi veditum //

kiṃ tapo brahmacaryaṃ vā gobhiḥ kṛtamiheśvara //
devānāmupariṣṭādyadvasantyarajasaḥ sukham //

tataḥ provāca brahmā taṃ śakraṃ balaniṣūdanam /
avajñātāstvayā nityaṃ gāvo balaniṣūdana //

tena tvamāsāṃ māhātmyaṃ na vetsi śṛṇu yatprabho /
gavāṃ prabhāvaṃ paramaṃ māhātmyaṃ ca surarṣabha //

yajñāṅgaṃ kathitā gāvo yajña eva ca vāsava /
etābhiśca vinā vijño na varteta kathañcana //

dhārayanti prajāścaitāḥ payasā haviṣā tathā /
etāsāṃ tanayāścāpi kṛṣiyogamupāsate //

janayanti ca dhānyāni bījāni vividhāni ca /
tato yajñāḥ pravartante havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ //

payo dadhi ghṛtaṃ caiva puṇyāścaitāḥ surādhipa /
vahanti vividhānbhogānkṣuttṛṣṇāparipīḍitāḥ //

munīṃśca dhārayantīha prajāścaivāpi karmaṇā /
vāsavā'kūṭavāhinyaḥ karmaṇā sukṛtena ca //

upariṣṭāttato'smākaṃ vasantyetāḥ sadaiva hi / etatte kāraṇaṃ śakra nivāsakṛtamadhya vai /
gāvo devopariṣṭāddhi samākhyātāḥ śatakrato //

etā hi varadattāśca varadāścāpi vāsava /
surabhyaḥ puṇyakarmiṇyaḥ pāvanāḥ śubhalakṣaṇāḥ //

yadarthaṃ gāṃ gatāścaiva surabhyaḥ surasattama /
tacca me śṛṇu kārsnyena vadato balasūdana //

purā devayuge tāta daityendreṣu mahātmasu /
trīm̐llokānanuśāsatsu viṣṇau garbhatvamāgate //

adityāṃ tapyamānāyāṃ tapo ghoraṃ suduścaram /
putrārthamamaraśreṣṭha pādenaikena nityadā //

tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā mahādevīṃ tapyamānāṃ mahattapaḥ /
dakṣasya duhitā devī surabhirnāma nāmataḥ //

atapyata tapo ghoraṃ hṛṣṭā dharmaparāyaṇā /
kailāsaśikhare ramye devagandharvasevite //

vyatiṣṭhadekapādena paramaṃ yogamāsthitā /
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśavarṣaśatāni ca //

santaptāstapasā tasyā devāḥ sarṣimahoragāḥ /
tatra gatvā mayā sārdhaṃ paryupāsata tāṃ śubhāṃ //

athāhamabravaṃ tatra devīṃ tāṃ tapasā'nvitām /
kimarthaṃ tapyase devi tapo ghoramanindite //

prītaste'haṃ mahābhāgo tapasā'nena śobhane /
varayasva varaṃ devi dātāsmīti purandara //
surabhiruvāca /

vareṇa bhagavanmahyaṃ kṛtaṃ lokapitāmaha /
eṣa eva varo me'dya yatprītosi mamānagha //
brahmovāca /

tāmeva bruvatīṃ devīṃ surabhiṃ tridaśeśvara /
pratyabravaṃ yaddevendra tannibodha śacīpate //

alobhakāmyayā devi tapasā śucinā ca te /
prasanno'haṃ varaṃ tasmādamaratvaṃ dādāmi te //

trayāṇāmapi lokānāmupariṣṭānnivatsyasi /
matprasādācca vikhyāto golokaḥ sambhaviṣyati //

mānuṣeṣu ca kurvāṇāḥ prajāḥ karma śubhāstava /
nivatsyanti mahābhāgo sarvā duhitaraśca te //

manasā cintitā bhogāstvayā vai divyamānuṣāḥ /
yacca svargasukhaṃ devi tatte sampatsyate śubhe //

tasyā lokāḥ sahasrākṣa sarvakāmasamanvitāḥ / na tatra kramate mṛtyurna jarā na ca pāvakaḥ /
na dainyaṃ nāśubhaṃ kiñcidvidyate tatra vāsava //

tatra divyānyaraṇyāni divyāni bhavanāni ca /
vimānāni suyuktāni kāmagāni ca vāsava //

brahmacaryeṇa tapasā satyena ca damena ca /
dānaiśca vividhaiḥ puṇyaistathā tīrthānusevanāt //

tapasā mahatā caiva sukṛtena ca karmaṇā /
śakyaḥ samāsādayituṃ golokaḥ puṣkarekṣaṇa //

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ mayā śakrānupṛcchate /
na te paribhavaḥ kāryo gavāmasurasūdana //
bhīṣma uvāca /

etacchrutvā sahasrākṣaḥ pūjayāmāsa nityadā /
gāścakre bahumānaṃ ca tāsu nityaṃ yudhiṣṭhira //

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ pāvanaṃ ca mahādyute / pavitraṃ paramaṃ cāpi gavāṃ māhātmyamuttamam /

kīrtitaṃ puruṣavyāghra sarvapāpavimocanam /
ya idaṃ kathayennityaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ //

havyakavyeṣu yajñeṣu pitṛkāryeṣu caiva ha /
sārvakāmikamakṣayyaṃ pitṝṃstasyopatiṣṭhate //

goṣu bhaktaśca labhate yadyadicchati mānavaḥ /
striyopi bhaktā yā goṣu tāśca kāmamavāpnuyuḥ //

putrārthīṃ labhate putraṃ kanyārthī tāmavāpnuyāt /
dhanārthī labhate vittaṃ dharmārthī dharmamāpnuyāt //

vidyārthī cāpnuyādvidyāṃ sukhārthī prāpnuyātsukham /
na kiñciddurlabhaṃ caiva gavāṃ bhaktasya bhārata //