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गोसहस्रप्रदातॄणां क्रतुदानां च या गतिः ॥
नैवेशिकं चाभिमतं ददतां या गतिः शुभा ॥
ब्रह्मचर्येण यां यान्ति मुनयः संशितव्रता ॥
एकपत्न्यश् च यां यान्ति तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक ॥
राज्ञां सुचरितैर् या च गतिर् भवति शाश्वती ॥
चतुराश्रमिणां पुण्यैः पावितानां सुरक्षितैः ॥
gosahasrapradātṝṇāṃ kratudānāṃ ca yā gatiḥ ||
naiveśikaṃ cābhimataṃ dadatāṃ yā gatiḥ śubhā ||
brahmacaryeṇa yāṃ yānti munayaḥ saṃśitavratā ||
ekapatnyaś ca yāṃ yānti tāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka ||
rājñāṃ sucaritair yā ca gatir bhavati śāśvatī ||
caturāśramiṇāṃ puṇyaiḥ pāvitānāṃ surakṣitaiḥ ||
"Whatever destiny [awaits] those who give away thousands of cows, [those who perform] sacrifices and gifts, whatever blessed destiny [awaits] those who give a desired shelter; to whatever [destiny] sages of strict vows go by chastity, and faithful wives — attain that destiny, my son. And that eternal destiny which belongs to kings through good deeds, to people of the four ashramas through merits, purified by strictly kept [vows]…"
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The blessing continues, encompassing all paths of righteousness: givers of cows, builders of shelters, chaste sages, faithful wives, righteous kings, all four ashramas. It is telling that the mother calls down upon her son the fruits of paths he himself, in his youth, did not have time to walk: her love, as it were, bestows upon him the unearned — the destinies of saints. Thus the blessing becomes a mother's gift of grace. The verse teaches that love can entrust to the departed more than he managed to earn himself: to wish him the highest destinies is a prayer that the Lord complete, for a pure soul, the life left unlived.