[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Legal Digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha) › [Decisions and rulings](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya) › [Nirnayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu) › 24.5 # Nirnayasindhu 24.5 Nirṇayasindhu 24.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.24.5) iti govardhanapūjananirṇayaḥ atra govardhanapūjādi coktaṃ hemādrau nirṇayāmṛte ca skāṃde-“prātargovardhanaṃ pūjya dyūtaṃ cāpi samācaret | bhūṣaṇīyāstathā gāvaḥ pūjyāścāvāhadohanāḥ ||” govardhanaśca gomayena kāryyaścitreṇa vā | mantrastu-“govardhanadharādhāra gokulatrāṇakāraṇa | bahubāhukṛtacchāya gavāṃ koṭiprado bhava ||” gomantrastu-“lakṣmīryā lokapālānāṃ dhenurūpeṇa saṃsthitā | ghṛtaṃ vahati yajñārthe mama pāpaṃ vyapohatu” tatraiva skāṃde-“tato'parāhnasamaye pūrvasyāṃ diśi bhārata | mārgapālīṃ prabadhnīyāttuṃge staṃbhetha pādape || kuśakāśamayīṃ divyāṃ laṃbakairbahubhirmune | darśayitvā gajānaśvānsāyāmasyāstale nayet || kṛtahome dvijendraistu badhnīyānmārgapālikām | namaskāraṃ tataḥ kuryānmantreṇānena suvrata || mārgapāli namaste'stu sarvalokasukhaprade | vidheyaiḥ putradārādyaiḥ punarehi vratasya me || nīrājanañca tatraiva kāryyaṃ rāṣṭrajayapradam rājāno rājaputrāśca brāhmaṇāḥ śūdrajātayaḥ | mārgapālīṃ samullaṅghya nīrujaḥ syuḥ sukhānvitāḥ” - [Previous: 24.2-9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.24.2-9) - [Next: 25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.25.2) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.24) ## Linked texts (5) - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.4.9.p209) — Sanskrit - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.122.27) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Saṃvatsaradīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.samvatsaradidhiti.9.11.14) — Anantadeva 1650, Sanskrit - [Abdadīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.abdadidhiti.4.p48) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit - [Kālamayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.bhatta.kalamayukha.4.p42) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.24.5) · Pramāṇa