Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.105

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14.105.1

दानपुण्यफलं श्रुत्वा तपःपुण्यफलानि च ।
धर्मपुत्रः प्रहृष्टात्मा केशवं पुनरब्रवीत् ॥ १४.१०५.१ ॥

Having heard of the fruit of the merit of giving and the fruits of the merit of austerity, Dharmaputra, his heart gladdened, spoke again to Keśava.

14.105.2

या चैषा कपिला देव पूर्वमुत्पादिता विभो ।
होमधेनुः सदा पुण्या चतुर्वक्त्रेण माधव ॥ १४.१०५.२ ॥

O god, O mighty one, this tawny cow that was brought forth long ago by the four-faced one is always the holy cow of the sacrificial oblation, O Mādhava.

14.105.3

सा कथं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो हि देया कस्मिन्दिनेऽपि वा ।
कीदृशाय च विप्राय दातव्या पुण्यलक्षणा ॥ १४.१०५.३ ॥

How is she to be given to brahmins? On what day, or on any day? To what kind of brahmin is this cow marked by merit to be given?

14.105.4

कथिता कपिला प्रोक्ता स्वयमेव स्वयंभुवा ।
कैर्वा देयाश्च ता देव श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्वतः ॥ १४.१०५.४ ॥

The tawny cow was described and declared by the self-existent one himself. By whom are they to be given, O god? I wish to hear this in its truth.

14.105.5

एवमुक्तो हृषीकेशो धर्मपुत्रेण संसदि ।
अब्रवीत्कपिलासङ्क्यां तासां माहात्म्यमेव च ॥ १४.१०५.५ ॥

Thus addressed in the assembly by the son of Dharma, Hṛṣīkeśa spoke about the number of the tawny cows and also their greatness.

14.105.6

शृणु पाण्डव तत्वेन पवित्रं पावनं परम् ।
यच्छ्रुत्वा पापकर्मा पि नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ १४.१०५.६ ॥

Listen, Pāṇḍava, to its truth. This is most pure and purifying, and having heard it, even a man of sinful deeds is freed from sin.

14.105.7

अग्निमद्योद्भवां दिव्यामग्निज्वालासमप्रभाम् ।
अग्निज्वालोज्ज्वलच्छृङ्गीं प्रदीप्ताङ्गारलोचनाम् ॥ १४.१०५.७ ॥

Born, as it were, from fire, divine, with a radiance equal to the flame of fire; her horns blazed like tongues of fire, and her eyes were like glowing embers.

14.105.8

अग्निपुच्छामग्निखुरामग्निरोमप्रभान्विताम् ।
तामग्नेयीमग्निजिह्वामग्निग्रीवां ज्वलत्प्रभाम् ॥ १४.१०५.८ ॥

With a tail of fire, hooves of fire, and hair endowed with the radiance of fire; she was fiery, with a tongue of fire and a neck of fire, blazing with light.

14.105.9

भुञ्जते कपिलां ये तु शूद्रा लोभेन मोहिताः ।
पतितांस्तान्विजानीयाच्चण्डालसदृशा हि ते ॥ १४.१०५.९ ॥

Those śūdras who, deluded by greed, eat the tawny cow, should be known as fallen, for they are like outcastes.

14.105.10

न तेषां ब्राह्ममः कश्चिद्गृहे कुर्यात्प्रतिग्रहम् ।
दूराच्च परिहर्तव्या महापातकिनोपि ते ॥ १४.१०५.१० ॥

No brahmin should accept a gift in their house; and those great sinners should be avoided from afar.

14.105.11

सार्वकालं हि ते सर्वैर्वर्जिताः पितृदैवतैः ।
ते सदा ह्यप्रतिग्राह्या ह्यसंभाष्याश्च पापिनः ॥ १४.१०५.११ ॥

They are forever shunned by all, by the ancestors and the gods; they must never be accepted as recipients of gifts, and sinners such as these must not be spoken to.

14.105.12

पिबन्ति कपिलां यावत्तावत्तेषां पितामहाः ।
अमेध्यमुपभुञ्जन्ति भूम्यां वै श्वसृगालवत् ॥ १४.१०५.१२ ॥

As long as they drink the tawny cow's milk, so long do their forefathers consume impurity on the ground, like dogs and jackals.

14.105.13

कपिलाया दधि क्षीरं घृतं तक्रमथापि वा ।
ये शूद्रा उपभुञ्जन्ति तेषां गतिमिमां शृणु ॥ १४.१०५.१३ ॥

Hear now the destiny of those śūdras who consume curds, milk, ghee, or even buttermilk of the kapilā cow.

14.105.14

कपिलोपजीवी शूद्रस्तु मृतो गच्छति रौरवम् ।
क्लिश्यते रौरवे घोरे वर्षकोटिशतं वसन् ॥ १४.१०५.१४ ॥

A śūdra who lives off the kapilā cow goes, when dead, to the Raurava hell, and in that terrible Raurava he suffers, dwelling there for a hundred crore years.

14.105.15

ततश्चापि च्युतः कालाच्छ्वानयोनिं स गच्छति ।
श्वयोन्याश्च परिभ्रष्टो विष्ठायां जायते क्रिमिः ॥ १४.१०५.१५ ॥

Then, when the time has passed, he goes into the womb of a dog; fallen from the dog's womb, he is born as a worm in excrement.

14.105.16

विष्ठाकूपेषु पापिष्ठो दुर्गन्धेषु सहस्रशः ।
तत्रतत्रोपजायेत नोत्तारं तत्रथ विन्दति ॥ १४.१०५.१६ ॥

The most sinful man is born again and again, thousands of times, here and there, in pits of excrement and foul-smelling places, and finds no way out from there.

14.105.17

ब्राह्मणश्चैव यस्तेषां गृहे कुर्यात्प्रतिग्रहम् ।
ततः प्रभृति तस्यापि पितरः स्युरमेध्यपाः ॥ १४.१०५.१७ ॥

Whatever brahmin accepts a gift in their house, from that day on his ancestors too become drinkers of impurity.

14.105.18

न तेन सार्धं सम्भाषेन्न चाप्येकासनं व्रजेत् ।
स नित्यं वर्जनीयो हि दूरात्तु ब्राह्मणाधमः ॥ १४.१०५.१८ ॥

One should not speak with him, nor sit on the same seat; he is the lowest of brahmins and must always be shunned from afar.

14.105.19

यस्तेन सह सम्भाषेदेकशय्यां व्रजेत् वा ।
प्राजापत्यं चरेत्कृच्छ्रं स च तेन विसुद्ध्यति ॥ १४.१०५.१९ ॥

Whoever converses with him or goes to the same bed should perform the Prājāpatya kṛcchra penance; by that alone he is purified.

14.105.20

कपिलोपजीविनः शूद्राद्यः करोति प्रतिग्रहम् ।
प्रायश्चित्तं भवेत्तस्य विप्रस्यैतन्न संशयः ॥ १४.१०५.२० ॥

For a brahmin who accepts a gift from a śūdra who lives on the kapilā cow, this is the expiation; there is no doubt.

14.105.21

ब्रह्मकूर्चं प्रकुर्वीति चान्द्रायणमथापि वा ।
मुच्यते किल्बिषात्तस्मादेतेन ब्राह्मणो हि सः ॥ १४.१०५.२१ ॥

He should perform the brahma-kūrca or the cāndrāyaṇa penance; by that he is freed from sin, and by this he is indeed a brahmin.

14.105.22

कपिला ह्यग्निहोत्रार्थे विप्रार्थे वा स्वयंभुवा ।
सर्वं तेजः समुद्धृत्य निर्मिता ब्रह्मणा पुरा ॥ १४.१०५.२२ ॥

The kapilā cow was formed long ago by the self-existent Brahmā, who drew out all radiance, for the agnihotra offering or for the sake of brahmins.

14.105.23

पवित्रं च पवित्राणां मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम् ।
पुण्यानां परमं पुण्यं कपिला पाण्डुनन्दन ॥ १४.१०५.२३ ॥

O son of Pāṇḍu, the kapilā cow is the purest of the pure, the most auspicious of the auspicious, the supreme merit among merits.

14.105.24

तपसा तप एवाग्र्यं व्रातनामुत्तमं व्रतम् ।
दानानां परमं दानं निदानं ह्येतदक्षयम् ॥ १४.१०५.२४ ॥

Among austerities, austerity itself is foremost; among vows, the vow called vrāta is supreme; among gifts, the supreme gift is the root, and it is imperishable.

14.105.25

पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च ।
पवित्राणि च रम्याणि सर्वलोकेषु पाण्डव ॥ १४.१०५.२५ ॥

O Pāṇḍava, the sacred fords and meritorious shrines on the earth, and the pure and delightful places in all the worlds—

14.105.26

एभ्यस्तेजः समुद्धृत्य ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तृणा ।
लोकनिस्तरणायैव निर्मिताः कपिलाः स्वयम् ॥ १४.१०५.२६ ॥

From these, having drawn forth their splendor, Brahmā, creator of the worlds, himself created the tawny cows, for the ferrying of the worlds across.

14.105.27

सर्वतेजोमयी ह्येषां कपिला पाण्डुनन्दन ।
सदाऽमृतमयी मेध्या शुचिः पावनमुत्तमम् ॥ १४.१०५.२७ ॥

O son of Pāṇḍu, of these the Kapilā cow is always made of all splendor, full of nectar, fit for sacrifice, pure, and the supreme purifier.

14.105.28

क्षीरेण कपिलायास्तु दध्ना वा सघृतेन वा ।
होतव्यान्यग्निहोत्राणि सायं प्रातर्द्विजातिभिः ॥ १४.१०५.२८ ॥

With the milk of the Kapilā cow, or with its curds or with ghee, the twice-born should offer agnihotra oblations evening and morning.

14.105.29

कपिलाया घृतेनापि दध्ना क्षीरेण वा पुनः ।
जुह्वते योऽग्निहोत्राणि ब्राह्मणा विधिवत्प्रभो ॥ १४.१०५.२९ ॥

O lord, the brahmins who offer agnihotra oblations according to rule with the ghee, curds or milk of the Kapilā cow—

14.105.30

पूजयन्त्यतिथींश्चैव परां भक्तिमुपागताः ।
शूद्रान्नाद्विरता नित्यं डंभानृतविवर्जिताः ॥ १४.१०५.३० ॥

Those who, having attained supreme devotion, honor their guests, always abstain from food given by a śūdra, and are free from pretense and falsehood—

14.105.31

ते यान्त्यादित्यसङ्काशैर्विमानैर्द्विजसत्तमाः ।
सूर्यमण्डलमध्येन ब्रह्मलोकमनुत्तमम् ॥ १४.१०५.३१ ॥

Radiant like the sun, in celestial chariots, those best of the twice-born go through the middle of the solar orb to the supreme world of Brahmā.

14.105.32

ब्रह्मणो भवने दिव्ये कामगाः कामरूपिणः ।
ब्रह्मणा पूज्यमानास्तु मोदन्ते कल्पमक्षयम् ॥ १४.१०५.३२ ॥

In Brahmā's divine abode, going where they wish and taking any form they wish, honored by Brahmā, they rejoice for an imperishable aeon.

14.105.33

एवं हि कपिला राजन्पुण्या मन्त्रामृतारणिः ।
आदावेवाग्निमध्ये तु मैत्रेयी ब्रह्मनिर्मिता ॥ १४.१०५.३३ ॥

Thus, O king, the tawny cow Kapilā is sacred, the fire-stick of the nectar of mantras; she is Maitreyī, created by Brahmā in the very beginning amid the fire.

14.105.34

शृङ्गाग्रे कपिलायास्तु सर्वतीर्थानि पाण्डव ।
ब्रह्मणो हि नियोगेन निवसन्ति दिनेदिने ॥ १४.१०५.३४ ॥

O Pāṇḍava, at the tip of Kapilā's horn all the sacred fords dwell day after day, by the command of Brahmā.

14.105.35

प्रातरुत्थाय यो मर्त्यः कपिलाशृङ्गमस्तकात् ।
यश्च्युतामंबुधारां वै शिरसा प्रयतः शुचिः ॥ १४.१०५.३५ ॥

The mortal who, rising in the morning, self-controlled and pure, receives on his head the stream of water fallen from the summit of Kapilā's horn —

14.105.36

स तेन पुण्यतीर्थेन सहसा हतकिल्विषः ।
जन्मत्रयकृतं पापं प्रदहत्यग्निवतृणम् ॥ १४.१०५.३६ ॥

By that sacred ford he is at once freed from sin, and burns away the sin committed in three births, as fire burns grass.

14.105.37

मूत्रेण कपिलायास्तु यश्च प्राणानुपस्पृशेत् ।
स्नानेन तेन पुण्येन नष्टपापः स मानवः।
त्रिंशद्वर्षकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः ॥ १४.१०५.३७ ॥

He who touches his life-breaths with the urine of the tawny cow, by that meritorious bath, the man whose sins are destroyed, is freed from sin committed over thirty years; there is no doubt of this.

14.105.38

प्रातरुत्थाय यो भक्तया प्रयच्छेत्तृणमुष्टिकम् ।
तस्य नश्यति तत्पापं त्रिंशद्रात्रकृतं नृप ॥ १४.१०५.३८ ॥

He who, rising at dawn, offers a handful of grass with devotion: the sin committed over thirty nights is destroyed for him, O king.

14.105.39

प्रातरूत्थाय यद्भक्त्या कुर्याद्यस्मात्प्रदक्षिणम् ।
प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन पृथिवी नात्र संशयः ॥ १४.१०५.३९ ॥

He who, rising at dawn, performs circumambulation with devotion has by that circled the earth; there is no doubt of this.

14.105.40

प्रदक्षिणेन चैकेन श्रद्धायुक्तेन पाण्डव ।
दशरात्रकृतं पापं तस्य तन्नश्यति ध्रुवम् ॥ १४.१०५.४० ॥

By a single circumambulation performed with faith, O Pāṇḍava, the sin committed over ten nights is surely destroyed for him.

14.105.41

कपिलापञ्चगव्येन यः स्नायात्तु शुचिर्नरः ।
स गङ्गाद्येषु तीर्थेषु स्नातो भवति पाण्डव ॥ १४.१०५.४१ ॥

The man who, purified, bathes with the five products of the tawny cow, O Pāṇḍava, becomes one who has bathed in the Gaṅgā and the other sacred fords.

14.105.42

तेन स्नानेन तस्यापि श्रद्दायुक्तस्य पार्थिव ।
दशरात्रकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति ॥ १४.१०५.४२ ॥

By that bath, O king, the sin committed over ten nights by him who is endowed with faith is destroyed at that very moment.

14.105.43

दृष्ट्वा तु कपिलां भक्त्या श्रुत्वा हुङ्कारनिस्वनम् ।
व्यपोहति नरः पापमहोरात्रकृतं नृप ॥ १४.१०५.४३ ॥

Having reverently seen the tawny cow and heard her lowing, a man, O king, removes the sin committed in a day and a night.

14.105.44

यत्र वा तत्र वा चाङ्गे कपिलां यः स्पृशेच्छुचिः ।
संवत्सरकृतं पापं विनाशयति पाण्डव ॥ १४.१०५.४४ ॥

Whichever limb of his body a pure man touches to the tawny cow, O Pāṇḍava, destroys the sin committed over a year.

14.105.45

गोसहस्रं तु यो दद्यादेकां च कपिलां नरः ।
समं तस्य फलं प्राह ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ॥ १४.१०५.४५ ॥

Whoever gives a thousand cows, and whoever gives one tawny cow — their reward is the same, declared Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds.

14.105.46

यस्त्वेवं कपिलां हन्यान्नरः कश्चित्प्रमादतः ।
गोसहस्रं हतं तेन भवेन्नात्र विचारणा ॥ १४.१०५.४६ ॥

But if any man carelessly kills a tawny cow in this way, it is as if he had killed a thousand cows — there is no doubt here.

14.105.47

यश्चैकां कपिलां दद्याच्छ्रोत्रियायाहिताग्नये ।
गवां शतसहस्रं तु दत्तं भवति पाण्डव ॥ १४.१०५.४७ ॥

And he who gives one tawny cow to a learned Brahmin who keeps the sacred fires has given, O Pāṇḍava, a hundred thousand cows.

14.105.48

दश वै कपिलाः प्रोक्ताः स्वयमेव स्वयंभुवा ।
यो दद्याच्छ्रोत्रियेभ्यो वै स्वर्गं गच्छति तच्छृणु ॥ १४.१०५.४८ ॥

Ten tawny cows, indeed, were declared by the Self-existent one himself; he who gives them to learned Brahmins goes to heaven — hear that.

14.105.49

प्रथमा स्वर्णकपिला द्वितीया गौरपिङ्गला ।
तृतीया रक्तपिङ्गाक्षी चतुर्थीं गलपिङ्गला ॥ १४.१०५.४९ ॥

The first is the golden-tawny one, the second the fair-tawny, the third the red-tawny-eyed, the fourth the throat-tawny.

14.105.50

पञ्चमी बभ्रुवर्णाभा षष्ठी च श्वेतपिङ्गला ।
सप्तमी रङ्गपिङ्गाक्षी त्वष्टमी खुरपिङ्गला ॥ १४.१०५.५० ॥

The fifth is brown-hued, the sixth white-tawny, the seventh the colour-tawny-eyed, and the eighth the hoof-tawny.

14.105.51

नवमी पाटला ज्ञेया दशमी पुच्छपिङ्गला ।
दशैताः कपिलाः प्रोक्तास्तारयन्ति नरान्सदा ॥ १४.१०५.५१ ॥

The ninth should be known as the rose-coloured, the tenth the tail-tawny. These ten tawny cows are declared; they always carry men across.

14.105.52

मङ्गल्याश्च पवित्राश्च सर्वपापप्रणाशनाः ।
एवमेव ह्यनड्वाहो दश प्रोक्ता नरेश्वर ॥ १४.१०५.५२ ॥

They are auspicious, pure, and destroyers of all sins. In the same way, O lord of men, ten draught oxen are declared.

14.105.53

ब्राह्मणो वाहयेत्तांस्तु नान्यो वर्णः कथंचन ।
न वाहयेच्च कपिलां क्षेत्रे वाऽध्वनि वा द्विजः ॥ १४.१०५.५३ ॥

Only a brahmin should drive them; no other class may drive them in any way. And a twice-born man should not drive a tawny cow in a field or on a road.

14.105.54

वाहयेद्धुङ्कृतेनैव शाखया वा सपत्रया ।
न दण्डेन न वा यष्ट्या न पाशेन न वा पुनः ॥ १४.१०५.५४ ॥

He should drive them only with a huṅ-call or with a leafy branch; not with a staff, not with a stick, not with a noose, nor again with anything else.

14.105.55

न क्षुत्तृष्णाश्रमश्रान्तान्वाहयेद्विकलेन्द्रियान् ।
अतृप्तेषु न भुञ्जीयात्पिबेत्पीतेषु चोदकम् ॥ १४.१०५.५५ ॥

One should not drive animals weary from hunger, thirst and toil, whose senses are dulled. One should not eat while they are unsatisfied, and should drink water only after they have drunk.

14.105.56

शुश्रूषोर्मातरश्चैताः पितरस्ते प्रकीर्तिताः ।
अह्नां पूर्वत्र भागे च धुर्याणां वाहनं स्मृतम् ॥ १४.१०५.५६ ॥

For one who serves them, these cows are declared to be mothers, and those bulls are declared to be fathers. Driving the draught animals in the earlier portion of the day is prescribed.

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विश्रामेन्मध्यमे भागे भागे चान्ते यथासुखम् ।
यत्र च त्वरया कृत्यं संशयो यत्र वाऽध्वनि। ॥ १४.१०५.५७ ॥

One should let them rest comfortably in the middle portion and at the end; but where a task must be done in haste, or where there is danger on the road, (rest need not be given).

14.105.58

वाहयेत्तत्र धुर्यांस्तु न स पापेन लिप्यते ।
भ्रूणहत्यासमं पापं तस्य स्यात्पाण्डुनन्दन। ॥ १४.१०५.५८ ॥

There, one who drives the draught animals is not stained by sin. O son of Pāṇḍu, otherwise a sin equal to the killing of an embryo would befall him.

14.105.59

अन्यथा वाहयन्राजन्निरयं याति रौरवम् ।
रुधिरं पातयेत्तेषां यस्तु मोहान्नराधिप। ॥ १४.१०५.५९ ॥

Otherwise, one who drives them wrongly, O king, goes to the hell called Raurava. And he who out of delusion causes their blood to flow, O lord of men, (goes to that same hell).

14.105.60

तेन पापेन पापात्मा नरकं यात्यसंशयम् ।
नरकेषु च सर्वेषु समाः स्थित्वा शतंशतम्। ॥ १४.१०५.६० ॥

By that sin, the sinful one assuredly goes to hell; and having remained for hundreds upon hundreds of years in all the hells, (he endures suffering).

14.105.61

इह मानुष्यके लोके बलीवर्दो भविष्यति ।
तस्मात्तु मुक्तिमन्विच्छन्दद्यात्तु कपिलां नरः ॥ १४.१०५.६१ ॥

In this human world he will become a bull. Therefore a man seeking liberation should give a tawny cow.

14.105.62

कपिलां वाहयेद्यस्तु वृषलो लोभमोहितः ।
तेन देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्पितरश्चापि वाहिताः ॥ १४.१०५.६२ ॥

The low-born man, deluded by greed, who makes a tawny cow carry a load, thereby makes the thirty-three gods and the ancestors carry it too.

14.105.63

स देवैः पितृभिर्नित्यं वध्यमानस्तु दुर्मतिः ।
नरकान्नरकं घोरं गच्छेदाप्रलयं नृप ॥ १४.१०५.६३ ॥

That evil-minded man, constantly struck by the gods and the ancestors, O king, goes from one terrible hell to another until the final dissolution.

14.105.64

ब्रह्मा रुद्रस्तथाऽग्निश्च कपिलानां गतिं गताः ।
तस्मात्ते न निहन्तव्याः पूज्याश्चैव न संशयः।
निःश्वसन्ति यदा श्रान्तास्तदा हन्युस्च तत्कुलं ॥ १४.१०५.६४ ॥

Brahmā, Rudra and Agni too have attained the state of the tawny cows. Therefore they must not be slain; they are to be honoured, there is no doubt. When they breathe out in weariness, they may destroy that family.

14.105.65

यावन्ति तेषां रोमाणि तावद्वर्षशतं नृप ।
नरकेषूपपच्यन्ते तत्र तद्वाहका नराः ॥ १४.१०५.६५ ॥

As many hairs as they have on their bodies, O king, for that many hundreds of years they are cooked in the hells, and there the men who made them carry burdens are cooked too.

14.105.66

कपिला सर्वयज्ञेषु दक्षिणार्थं विधीयते ।
तस्मात्तद्दक्षिणा देया यज्ञेष्वेव द्विजातिभिः ॥ १४.१०५.६६ ॥

The tawny cow is prescribed as the sacrificial fee in all sacrifices. Therefore the twice-born should give that very fee at the sacrifices.

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होमार्तं चाग्निहोत्रस्य यां प्रयच्छेत्प्रयत्नतः ।
श्रोत्रियाय दरिद्राय श्रान्तायामिततेजसे।
तेन दानेन पूतात्मा मम लोके महीयते ॥ १४.१०५.६७ ॥

He who carefully gives (a cow) to a learned brahmin, poor and weary, distressed for the agnihotra oblation, a man of boundless brilliance — by that gift, his soul purified, he is honoured in my world.

14.105.68

यावन्ति चैव रोमाणि कपिलाङ्गे युधिष्ठिर ।
तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते ॥ १४.१०५.६८ ॥

O Yudhiṣṭhira, for as many thousands of years as there are hairs on the body of the tawny cow, he is honoured in the heavenly world.

14.105.69

सुवर्णखुरशृङ्गीं च कपिलां यः प्रयच्छति ।
विषुवे चायने चापि सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्।
तेनाश्वमेधतुल्येन मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥ १४.१०५.६९ ॥

He who gives a tawny cow with golden hooves and golden horns — at the equinox and at the solstice too — obtains the fruit of the horse sacrifice; by that gift, equal to the horse sacrifice, he goes to my world.

14.105.70

स्वर्णशृङ्गीं रूप्यखुरां सवत्सां कांस्यदोहिनीम् ।
वस्त्रैरलङ्कृतां पुष्टां गन्धैर्माल्यैश्च शोभिताम् ॥ १४.१०५.७० ॥

With golden horns and silver hooves, with her calf, with a bronze milking vessel, adorned with cloths, well-nourished, graced with perfumes and garlands.

14.105.71

पवित्रं हि पवित्राणां सुरव्णमिति मे मतिः ।
तस्मात्सुवर्णाभरणा दातव्या साऽग्निहोत्रिणे ॥ १४.१०५.७१ ॥

Among purifying things, gold is the most purifying — such is my view. Therefore that cow, adorned with gold ornaments, should be given to the agnihotra priest.

14.105.72

एवं दत्त्वा तु राजेन्द्र सप्तपूर्वान्परानपि ।
तारयिष्यति राजेन्द्र नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १४.१०५.७२ ॥

O lord of kings, having given in this way, he will deliver seven generations of ancestors before him and those after him as well. O lord of kings, there should be no doubt about this.

14.105.73

अग्निष्टोमसहस्रस्य वाजपेयं च तत्समम् ।
वाजपेयसहस्रस्य अश्वमेधं च तत्समम्।
अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य राजसूयं च तत्समम् ॥ १४.१०५.७३ ॥

A thousand agniṣṭoma sacrifices are equal to one vājapeya, a thousand vājapeyas equal one aśvamedha, and a thousand aśvamedhas equal one rājasūya.

14.105.74

कपिलानां सहस्रेण विदिदत्तेन पाण्डव ।
राजसूयफलं प्राप्य मम लोके महीयते।
न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिर्विद्यते कुरुपुङ्गव ॥ १४.१०५.७४ ॥

O Pāṇḍava, by a thousand tawny cows given to a learned brahmin, he obtains the fruit of a rājasūya and is honoured in my world. O best of the Kurus, there is no return for him.

14.105.75

प्रयच्छते यः कपिलां सवत्सां कांस्यदोहिनीम् ।
सुवर्णकुरशृङ्गाङ्गीं सर्वालङ्कारशोभिताम् ॥ १४.१०५.७५ ॥

He who gives a tawny cow with her calf, who yields milk into a bronze vessel, with horns and hooves overlaid with gold, adorned with all ornaments.

14.105.76

दत्ता हि गौस्तारयते मनुष्यम् ॥ १४.१०५.७६ ॥

For a cow, once given, saves the person.

14.105.77

पुत्रांश्च पौत्रांश्च कुलं च सर्व-
मासप्तमं तारयते यथावत्।
यावन्मनुष्यान्पृथिवी बिभर्ति ।
तावत्प्रदातारमृतं परत्र ॥ १४.१०५.७७ ॥

He saves his sons, grandsons and the whole lineage up to the seventh generation, duly. As long as the earth bears men, the giver truly endures in the next world.

14.105.78

यथौषधं मन्त्रकृतं नरस्य ।
प्रयुक्तमात्रं विनिहन्ति रोगान्।
तथैव दत्ता कपिला सुपात्रे ।
पापं नरस्याशु निहन्ति सर्वम्
तथैव दृष्ट्वा कपिलाप्रदाना-
न्नस्यन्ति पापानि नरस्य शीघ्रम् ॥ १४.१०५.७८ ॥

As a medicine prepared with mantras destroys a man's diseases as soon as it is applied, so a tawny cow given to a worthy recipient quickly destroys all of a man's sins. Likewise, merely by beholding the gift of a tawny cow, a man's sins swiftly perish.