Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.127
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13.127.1
केन वर्णविभागेन विज्ञेया कपिला भवेत् ।
कति वा लक्षणान्यस्या दृष्टानि मुनिभिः पुरा ॥ १३.१२७.१ ॥
By what division of colour is the tawny cow to be recognised? How many marks of her were seen by the sages of old?
13.127.2
शृणु तात यथा गोषु विज्ञेया कपिला भवेत् ।
नेत्रयोः शृङ्गयोश्चैव खुरेषु वृषणेषु च।
कर्णतो घ्राणतश्चापि षड्विधाः कपिलाः स्मृताः ॥ १३.१२७.२ ॥
Listen, dear one: how the tawny cow is recognised among cows—by the marks in her eyes, her horns, her hooves, her testicles, and also from her ears and nose; thus the tawny cow is declared to be of six kinds.
13.127.3
एतेषां लक्षणानां तु यद्येकमपि दृश्यते ।
कपिलां तां विजानीयादेवमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥ १३.१२७.३ ॥
If even one of these marks is seen, one should know her to be the tawny cow—thus the wise declare.
13.127.4
आग्नेयी नेत्रकपिला खुरैर्माहेश्वरी भवेत् ।
ग्रीवायां वैष्णवी ज्ञेया पूष्णो घ्राणादजायत ॥ १३.१२७.४ ॥
The one tawny in her eyes is Āgneyī; the one known by her hooves is Māheśvarī; in the neck she is to be known as Vaiṣṇavī; she was born from the nose of Pūṣan.
13.127.5
कर्णतस्तु वसन्तेन स्वयोनिमभिजायते ।
गायत्र्याश्च वृषणयोरुत्पत्तिः षड्गुणा स्मृता ॥ १३.१२७.५ ॥
From the ears, through Spring, she is born from her own source; and the birth of Gāyatrī from the testicles is declared to be sixfold.
13.127.6
एवं गावश्च विप्राश्च गायत्री सत्यमेव च ।
वसन्तश्च सुवर्णश्च एकतः समजायत ॥ १३.१२७.६ ॥
Thus cows and brahmins, Gāyatrī and truth, Spring and gold were born together from a single source.
13.127.7
नेत्रयोः कपिलां यस्तु वाहयेत दुहेत वा ।
स पापकर्मा नरकं प्रतिष्ठां प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १३.१२७.७ ॥
He who makes a tawny cow carry a load by the eyes, or milks her, is a doer of evil deeds; he attains hell and a low station.
13.127.8
नरकाद्विप्रमुक्तस्तु तिर्यग्योनिं निषेवते ।
यदा लभेत मानुष्यं जात्यन्धो जायते नरः ॥ १३.१२७.८ ॥
Freed from hell, he goes into an animal womb; and when he obtains human birth, he is born a man blind from birth.
13.127.9
शृङ्गयोः कपिलां यस्तु वाहयेत दुहेत वा ।
तिर्यग्योनिं स लभते जायमानः पुनः पुनः ॥ १३.१२७.९ ॥
He who makes a tawny cow carry a load by her horns, or milks her, obtains animal birth, being born again and again.
13.127.10
खुरेषु कपिलां यस्तु वाहयेत दुहेत वा ।
तमस्यपारे मज्जेत धनहीनो नराधमः ॥ १३.१२७.१० ॥
He who makes a tawny cow carry a load by her hooves, or milks her, a poor and base man, sinks into boundless darkness.
13.127.11
कपिलां वालधानेषु वाहयेत दुहेत वा ।
निराश्रयः सदा चैव जायते यदि चेत्कृमिः ॥ १३.१२७.११ ॥
He who makes a tawny cow carry a load by her tail, or milks her, is always born without refuge; and if he is born as a worm, he is born a worm.
13.127.12
कर्णेन कपिलां यस्तु जानन्नप्युपजीवति ।
सहस्रशः शुचिर्भुत्वा मानुष्यं प्राप्नुयादथ।
चण्डालः पापयोनिश्च जायते स नराधमः ॥ १३.१२७.१२ ॥
He who, knowing, makes a living by a tawny cow's ear, though having become pure a thousand times and obtained human birth, is born an outcaste, of sinful womb, a lowest of men.
13.127.13
घ्राणेन कपिलां यस्तु प्रमादादुपजीवति ।
सोऽपि वर्षसहस्राणि तिर्यग्योनौ प्रजायते ॥ १३.१२७.१३ ॥
He who, through carelessness, makes use of the tawny cow by smelling her, is also born in an animal womb for thousands of years.
13.127.14
व्याधिग्रस्तो जडो रोगी भवेन्मानुष्यमागतः ॥ १३.१२७.१४ ॥
Even having attained human birth, he becomes afflicted by disease, dull, and sick.
13.127.15
मधुसर्पिस्सुगन्धास्तु कपिलाः शास्त्रतः स्मृताः ।
एताः समुपजीवेत सोऽपि तिर्यक्षु जायते ॥ १३.१२७.१५ ॥
According to the scriptures, tawny cows are declared to be fragrant with honey and ghee; he who makes use of them is also born among animals.
13.127.16
स्थावरत्वमनुप्राप्तो यदि मानुष्यतां लभेत् ।
अल्पायुः स भवेज्जातो हीनवर्णकुलोद्भवः ॥ १३.१२७.१६ ॥
If one who has fallen into an immobile state again obtains human existence, he is born short-lived, into a lowly caste and family.
13.127.17
ये तु पापा ह्यसूयन्ते कपिलां वाहयन्ति च ।
निरयेषु प्रतिष्ठन्ते यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम् ॥ १३.१२७.१७ ॥
The sinners who envy the tawny cow and make her carry burdens remain in hells until the dissolution of beings.