Brahma Describes the World of the Cows

Verse 1 (13.108.1)

योऽयं प्रश्नस्त्वया पृष्टो गोप्रदानादिकारितः । नान्यः प्रष्टास्ति लोकेस्मिंस्त्वत्तोन्यो हि शतक्रतो ॥

yo'yaṃ praśnastvayā pṛṣṭo gopradānādikāritaḥ | nānyaḥ praṣṭāsti lokesmiṃstvattonyo hi śatakrato

This question you have asked, Shatakratu, concerning the gift of cows and the rest — there is no one else in this world who would ask it but you.

Note on the text: Removed a stray question mark after शतक्रतो (printed शतक्रतो?).

Verse 2 (13.108.2)

सन्ति नानाविधा लोका यांस्त्वं शक्र न पश्यसि । पश्यामि यानहं लोकानेकपत्न्यश्च याः स्त्रियः ॥

santi nānāvidhā lokā yāṃstvaṃ śakra na paśyasi | paśyāmi yānahaṃ lokānekapatnyaśca yāḥ striyaḥ

There are worlds of many kinds, Shakra, that you do not see. I see them — and the women who keep to one husband alone.

Verse 3 (13.108.3)

कर्मभिश्चापि सुशुभैः सुव्रता ऋषयस्तथा । सशरीरा हि तान्यान्ति ब्राह्मणाः शुभबुद्धयः ॥

karmabhiścāpi suśubhaiḥ suvratā ṛṣayastathā | saśarīrā hi tānyānti brāhmaṇāḥ śubhabuddhayaḥ

Through deeds of great merit, steadfast sages and likewise brahmins of pure mind go to those worlds in their very bodies.

Verse 4 (13.108.4)

शरीरन्यासमोक्षेण मनसा निर्मलेन च । स्वप्नभूतांश्च ताँल्लोकान्पश्यन्तीहापि सुव्रताः ॥

śarīranyāsamokṣeṇa manasā nirmalena ca | svapnabhūtāṃśca tām̐llokānpaśyantīhāpi suvratāḥ

By laying down the body and being freed, with a mind free of stain, those of firm vows see those worlds even here, as though in a dream.

Verse 5 (13.108.5)

ते तु लोकाः सहस्राक्ष शृणु यादृग्गुणान्विताः । न तत्र क्रमते कालो न जरा न च पावकः ॥

te tu lokāḥ sahasrākṣa śṛṇu yādṛgguṇānvitāḥ | na tatra kramate kālo na jarā na ca pāvakaḥ

Hear, thousand-eyed one, what qualities those worlds have. Time does not run its course there, nor old age, nor fire.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: the two lines are CE 13.72.5a,c (line 2 reads न च पावकः where the CE has na ca pāpakam); recension variant, kept.

Verse 6 (13.108.6)

तथा नास्त्यशुभं किञ्चिन्न व्याधिस्तत्र न क्लमः । यद्यच्च गावो मनसा तस्मिन्वाञ्छन्ति वासव ॥

tathā nāstyaśubhaṃ kiñcinna vyādhistatra na klamaḥ | yadyacca gāvo manasā tasminvāñchanti vāsava

Nothing inauspicious exists there; there is no sickness and no weariness. And whatever the cows wish for in their minds there, O Vasava,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 13.72.5e, line 2 = CE 13.72.6a. Wikisource divides the CE's three-line verses into couplets; ce_ref names the CE verse holding the first line.

Verse 7 (13.108.7)

तत्सर्वं प्रापयन्ति स्म मम प्रत्यक्षदर्शनात् । कामगाः कामचारिण्यः कामात्कामांश्च भुञ्जते ॥

tatsarvaṃ prāpayanti sma mama pratyakṣadarśanāt | kāmagāḥ kāmacāriṇyaḥ kāmātkāmāṃśca bhuñjate

all that they bring about — I have seen it with my own eyes. They go where they please, move as they please, and enjoy their desires by the mere wish.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 13.72.6c, line 2 = CE 13.72.6e (three-line verse divided differently).

Verse 8 (13.108.8)

वाप्यः सरांसि सरितो विविधानि वनानि च । गृहाणि पर्वताश्चैव यावद्द्रव्यं च किञ्चन ॥

vāpyaḥ sarāṃsi sarito vividhāni vanāni ca | gṛhāṇi parvatāścaiva yāvaddravyaṃ ca kiñcana

There are pools, lakes and rivers, woods of many kinds, houses and mountains, and every sort of goods.

Verse 9 (13.108.9)

मनोज्ञं सर्वभूतेभ्यस्तद्वनं तत्र दृश्यते । ईदृशान्विद्धि ताँल्लोकान्नास्ति लोकस्तथाविधः ॥

manojñaṃ sarvabhūtebhyastadvanaṃ tatra dṛśyate | īdṛśānviddhi tām̐llokānnāsti lokastathāvidhaḥ

That grove there appears delightful to all beings. Know those worlds to be of such a kind; no world is like them.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्दि → विद्धि (misprint in Wikisource; CE viddhi).

Verse 10 (13.108.10)

तत्र सर्वसहाः क्षान्ता वत्सला गुरुवर्तिनः । अहङ्कारैर्विरहिता यान्ति शक्र नरोत्तमाः ॥

tatra sarvasahāḥ kṣāntā vatsalā guruvartinaḥ | ahaṅkārairvirahitā yānti śakra narottamāḥ

Those best of men go there, Shakra, who bear all things, are patient and tender, obey their elders, and are free of egoism.

Verse 11 (13.108.11)

यः सर्वमांसानि न भक्षयीत । पुमान्सदा भावितो धर्मयुक्तः । मातापित्रोरर्चिता सत्ययुक्तः । शुश्रुषिता ब्राह्मणानामनिन्द्यः ॥

yaḥ sarvamāṃsāni na bhakṣayīta | pumānsadā bhāvito dharmayuktaḥ | mātāpitrorarcitā satyayuktaḥ | śuśruṣitā brāhmaṇānāmanindyaḥ

The man who never eats the flesh of any creature, who is ever devout and endowed with dharma, who honours his mother and father, is truthful, serves brahmins and is beyond reproach,

Verse 12 (13.108.12)

अक्रोधनो गोषु तथा द्विजेषु । धर्मे रतो गुरुशुश्रूषकश्च । यावज्जीवं सत्यवृत्ते रतश्च । दाने रतो यः क्षमी चापराधे ॥

akrodhano goṣu tathā dvijeṣu | dharme rato guruśuśrūṣakaśca | yāvajjīvaṃ satyavṛtte rataśca | dāne rato yaḥ kṣamī cāparādhe

who is free of anger towards cows and brahmins, devoted to dharma and to serving his elders, steadfast in truthful conduct all his life, devoted to giving, and forgiving of offences,

Verse 13 (13.108.13)

मृदुर्दान्तो देवपरायणश्च । सर्वातिथिश्चापि यथा दयावान् । ईदृग्गुणो मानवस्तं प्रयाति । लोकं गवां शाश्वतं चाव्ययं च ॥

mṛdurdānto devaparāyaṇaśca | sarvātithiścāpi yathā dayāvān | īdṛgguṇo mānavastaṃ prayāti | lokaṃ gavāṃ śāśvataṃ cāvyayaṃ ca

gentle, self-controlled, devoted to the gods, a host to every guest, and compassionate — a man of such qualities reaches the eternal and imperishable world of the cows.

Verse 14 (13.108.14)

न पारदारी पश्यति लोकमेतं । न वै गुरुघ्नो न मृषा सम्प्रलापी । सदापवादी ब्राह्मणेष्वात्तवैरो । दोषैरन्यैर्यश्च युक्तो दुरात्मा ॥

na pāradārī paśyati lokametaṃ | na vai gurughno na mṛṣā sampralāpī | sadāpavādī brāhmaṇeṣvāttavairo | doṣairanyairyaśca yukto durātmā

The adulterer does not see this world, nor the killer of a teacher, nor the teller of falsehoods, nor the constant slanderer who bears enmity towards brahmins, nor the evil-souled man who is stained with other faults.

Verse 15 (13.108.15)

न मित्रध्रुङ्नैकृतिकः कृतघ्नः । शठोऽनृजुर्धर्मविद्वेषकश्च । न ब्रह्महा मनसाऽपि प्रपश्ये- । द्गवां लोकं पुण्यकृतां निवासम् ॥

na mitradhruṅnaikṛtikaḥ kṛtaghnaḥ | śaṭho'nṛjurdharmavidveṣakaśca | na brahmahā manasā'pi prapaśye- | dgavāṃ lokaṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ nivāsam

Nor does one who betrays a friend, a cheat, an ingrate, a rogue, a crooked man or a hater of dharma; and a killer of a brahmin cannot behold, even in thought, that world of the cows, the dwelling of the virtuous.

Note on the text: Corrected शठोऽनुजुर् → शठोऽनृजुर् (misprint in Wikisource; अनृजु 'crooked', CE anṛjuḥ).

Verse 16 (13.108.16)

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं नैपुण्येन सुरेश्वर । गोप्रदानरतानां तु फलं शृणु शतक्रतो ॥

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ naipuṇyena sureśvara | gopradānaratānāṃ tu phalaṃ śṛṇu śatakrato

All this I have told you in full, Lord of the gods. Now hear, Shatakratu, the fruit for those who delight in giving cows.

Verse 17 (13.108.17)

दायाद्यलब्धैरर्थैर्यो गाः क्रीत्वा सम्प्रयच्छति । धर्मार्जितधनैः क्रीतान्स लोकानाप्नुतेऽक्षयान् ॥

dāyādyalabdhairarthairyo gāḥ krītvā samprayacchati | dharmārjitadhanaiḥ krītānsa lokānāpnute'kṣayān

He who buys cows with wealth obtained by inheritance and gives them wins imperishable worlds, bought with wealth lawfully earned.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मार्जितान्धैः → धर्मार्जितधनैः (misprint in Wikisource; garbled, CE dharmārjitadhanakrītān, and the pāda is a syllable short).

Verse 18 (13.108.18)

यो वै द्यूते धनं जित्वा गाः क्रीत्वा सम्प्रयच्छति । स दिव्यमयुतं शक्र वर्षाणां फलमश्नुते ॥

yo vai dyūte dhanaṃ jitvā gāḥ krītvā samprayacchati | sa divyamayutaṃ śakra varṣāṇāṃ phalamaśnute

He who wins wealth at dice, buys cows with it and gives them, Shakra, enjoys a heavenly reward lasting ten thousand years.

Verse 19 (13.108.19)

दायाद्याद्याः स्म वै गावो न्यायपूर्वैरुपार्जिताः । प्रदद्यात्ताः प्रदातॄणां सम्भवन्त्यपि च ध्रुवाः ॥

dāyādyādyāḥ sma vai gāvo nyāyapūrvairupārjitāḥ | pradadyāttāḥ pradātṝṇāṃ sambhavantyapi ca dhruvāḥ

Cows that come by inheritance and are acquired by lawful means should be given away; for those who give them they become lasting.

Note on the text: The line दायाद्याद्याः स्म वै गावो is a garbled form of CE 13.72.18a (dāyādyā yasya vai gāvo); read and translated in the sense of the pair as printed, the text left as it stands.

Verse 20 (13.108.20)

प्रतिगृह्य तु यो दद्याद्गाः संशुद्धेन चेतसा । तस्यापीहाक्षयाँल्लोकान्ध्रुवान्विद्धि शचीपते ॥

pratigṛhya tu yo dadyādgāḥ saṃśuddhena cetasā | tasyāpīhākṣayām̐llokāndhruvānviddhi śacīpate

And he who accepts cows as a gift and gives them with a thoroughly pure mind — know, Lord of Shachi, that for him too there are imperishable, lasting worlds here.

Note on the text: Corrected संशुद्धेनि → संशुद्धेन (misprint in Wikisource; CE suśuddhena).

Verse 21 (13.108.21)

जन्मप्रभृति सत्यं च यो ब्रूयान्नियतेन्द्रियः । गुरुद्विजसहः क्षान्तस्तस्य गोभिः समा गतिः ॥

janmaprabhṛti satyaṃ ca yo brūyānniyatendriyaḥ | gurudvijasahaḥ kṣāntastasya gobhiḥ samā gatiḥ

He who from birth speaks the truth with his senses restrained, who bears patiently with teachers and brahmins and is forbearing — his goal equals that won through cows.

Verse 22 (13.108.22)

न जातु ब्राह्मणो वाच्यो यदवाच्यं शचीपते । मनसा गोषु न द्रुह्येद्गोवृत्तिर्गोनुकम्पकः ॥

na jātu brāhmaṇo vācyo yadavācyaṃ śacīpate | manasā goṣu na druhyedgovṛttirgonukampakaḥ

One should never say to a brahmin what ought not to be said, Lord of Shachi, nor wrong the cows even in thought; one should live by cows and be kind to cows.

Verse 23 (13.108.23)

सत्ये धर्मे च निरतस्तस्य शक्र फलं शृणु । गोसहस्रेण समिता तस्य धेनुर्भवत्युत ॥

satye dharme ca niratastasya śakra phalaṃ śṛṇu | gosahasreṇa samitā tasya dhenurbhavatyuta

Hear, Shakra, the fruit for one devoted to truth and dharma: his cow becomes equal in worth to a thousand cows.

Verse 24 (13.108.24)

क्षत्रियस्य गुणैरतैरन्वितस्य फलं शृणु । सप्तार्धशततुल्या गौर्भवतीति विनिश्चयः ॥

kṣatriyasya guṇairatairanvitasya phalaṃ śṛṇu | saptārdhaśatatulyā gaurbhavatīti viniścayaḥ

Hear the fruit for a Kshatriya endowed with these qualities: his cow becomes equal to seven hundred and fifty — this is certain.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: CE 13.72.23 (kṣatriyasya guṇair ebhir anvitasya phalaṃ śṛṇu / tasyāpi śatatulyā gaur bhavatīti viniścayaḥ). Wikisource reads सप्तार्धशततुल्या, which its own note (13-108-24) glosses as 750; the CE has 'equal to a hundred'. Recension variant, kept.

Verse 25 (13.108.25)

वैश्यस्यैते यदि गुणास्तस्य पञ्चशतं भवेत् । शूद्रस्यापि विनीतस्य चतुर्भागफलं स्मृतम् ॥

vaiśyasyaite yadi guṇāstasya pañcaśataṃ bhavet | śūdrasyāpi vinītasya caturbhāgaphalaṃ smṛtam

If a Vaishya has these qualities, his cow would be worth five hundred; and for a well-disciplined Shudra the fruit is remembered as a quarter share.

Verse 26 (13.108.26)

एतच्चैनं योऽनुतिष्ठेत युक्तः । सत्ये रतो गुरुशुश्रूषया च । दक्षः क्षान्तो देवतार्थी प्रशान्तः । शुचिर्बुद्धो धर्मशीलोऽनहंवाक् ॥

etaccainaṃ yo'nutiṣṭheta yuktaḥ | satye rato guruśuśrūṣayā ca | dakṣaḥ kṣānto devatārthī praśāntaḥ | śucirbuddho dharmaśīlo'nahaṃvāk

Whoever follows this rule steadily — devoted to truth and to serving his teacher, skilful, patient, a worshipper of the gods, tranquil, pure, wise, virtuous and sparing in speech —

Verse 27 (13.108.27)

महत्फलं प्राप्यते सद्द्विजाय । दत्त्वा दोग्ध्रीं विधिनाऽनेन धेनुम् । नित्यं दद्यादेकभक्तः सदा च । सत्ये स्थितो गुरुशुश्रूषिता च ॥

mahatphalaṃ prāpyate saddvijāya | dattvā dogdhrīṃ vidhinā'nena dhenum | nityaṃ dadyādekabhaktaḥ sadā ca | satye sthito guruśuśrūṣitā ca

wins great reward by giving a milch cow to a worthy brahmin by this rule. Let him give always, eating one meal a day, ever abiding in truth and serving his teacher.

Note on the text: Corrected गुरुशुश्रुषिता → गुरुशुश्रूषिता (misprint in Wikisource; the long ऊ of शुश्रूषा, as in verse 11).

Verse 28 (13.108.28)

वेदाध्यायी गोषु यो भक्तिमांश्च । नित्यं दत्त्वा योऽभिनन्देत गाश्च । आजातितो यश्च गवां नमेत । इदं फलं शक्र निबोध तस्य ॥

vedādhyāyī goṣu yo bhaktimāṃśca | nityaṃ dattvā yo'bhinandeta gāśca | ājātito yaśca gavāṃ nameta | idaṃ phalaṃ śakra nibodha tasya

He who studies the Veda and is devoted to cows, who always rejoices in the cows after giving them, and who bows to cows from his birth — hear, Shakra, this is his reward.

Verse 29 (13.108.29)

यत्स्यादिष्ट्वा राजमूये फलं तु । यत्स्यादिष्ट्वा बहुना काञ्चनेन । एतत्तुल्यं फलमप्याहुरग्र्यं । सर्वे सन्तस्त्वृषयो ये च सिद्धाः ॥

yatsyādiṣṭvā rājamūye phalaṃ tu | yatsyādiṣṭvā bahunā kāñcanena | etattulyaṃ phalamapyāhuragryaṃ | sarve santastvṛṣayo ye ca siddhāḥ

Whatever fruit would come from performing the Rajasuya, and whatever from sacrificing with abundant gold — the sages and the perfected ones, all the good, call the fruit equal to these the highest.

Note on the text: Corrected एततुल्यं → एतत्तुल्यं and सर्वे संन्तस्त्वषयो → सर्वे सन्तस्त्वृषयो (misprints in Wikisource; dropped त्, misplaced anusvara and ऋ; CE etat tulyaṃ … sarve santas tv ṛṣayo).

Verse 30 (13.108.30)

योऽग्रं भक्तं किञ्चिदप्राश्य दद्या- । द्गोभ्यो नित्यं गोव्रती सत्यवादी । शान्तोऽलुब्धो गोसहस्रस्य पुण्यं । संवत्सरेणाप्नुयात्सत्यशीलः ॥

yo'graṃ bhaktaṃ kiñcidaprāśya dadyā- | dgobhyo nityaṃ govratī satyavādī | śānto'lubdho gosahasrasya puṇyaṃ | saṃvatsareṇāpnuyātsatyaśīlaḥ

He who, setting aside the first portion of his food and eating none of it, gives it daily to the cows, keeping the cows' vow, truthful, calm and free of greed, a man of true character, gains within a year the merit of a thousand cows.

Verse 31 (13.108.31)

यदेकभक्तमश्नीयाद्दद्यादेकं गवां च यत् । दशवर्षाण्यनन्तानि गोव्रती गोनुकम्पकः ॥

yadekabhaktamaśnīyāddadyādekaṃ gavāṃ ca yat | daśavarṣāṇyanantāni govratī gonukampakaḥ

Whoever eats a single meal and gives one share of it to the cows, keeping the cows' vow and kind to them, earns ten years of endless merit.

Note on the text: Corrected यदकेभक्तमश्नीयाद् → यदेकभक्तमश्नीयाद् (misprint in Wikisource; transposed vowel, CE ya ekaṃ bhaktam aśnīyād).

Verse 32 (13.108.32)

एकेनैव च भक्तेन यः क्रीत्वा गां प्रयच्छति । यावन्ति तस्या रोमाणि सम्भवन्ति शतक्रतो ॥

ekenaiva ca bhaktena yaḥ krītvā gāṃ prayacchati | yāvanti tasyā romāṇi sambhavanti śatakrato

And he who, at the cost of a single meal, buys a cow and gives her — as many hairs as she has, Shatakratu,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: lines = CE 13.72.31a,c (line 2 reads सम्भवन्ति for CE proktāni divasāni; the Wikisource note 13-108-32 gives the CE-like reading as a variant).

Verse 33 (13.108.33)

तावच्छतानां स गवां फलमाप्नोति शाश्वतम् । ब्राह्मणस्य फलं हीदं क्षत्रियस्य तु वै शृणु ॥

tāvacchatānāṃ sa gavāṃ phalamāpnoti śāśvatam | brāhmaṇasya phalaṃ hīdaṃ kṣatriyasya tu vai śṛṇu

that many hundreds of cows' lasting fruit he gains. This is the brahmin's fruit; now hear the Kshatriya's.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 13.72.31e, line 2 = CE 13.72.32a (three-line verse divided differently). The CE star line 13.72.31f*0365_01 is not on the page.

Verse 34 (13.108.34)

पञ्चवार्षिकमेवं तु क्षत्रियस्य फलं स्मृतम् । ततोऽर्धेन तु वैश्यस्य शूद्रो वैश्यार्धतः स्मृतः ॥

pañcavārṣikamevaṃ tu kṣatriyasya phalaṃ smṛtam | tato'rdhena tu vaiśyasya śūdro vaiśyārdhataḥ smṛtaḥ

For a Kshatriya the fruit of this is remembered as lasting five years; for a Vaishya, half of that; and the Shudra's is remembered as half the Vaishya's.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: lines = CE 13.72.32c,e.

Verse 35 (13.108.35)

यश्चात्मविक्रयं कृत्वा गाः क्रीत्वा सम्प्रयच्छति । यावत्संदर्शयेद्गां वै स तावत्फलमश्नुते ॥

yaścātmavikrayaṃ kṛtvā gāḥ krītvā samprayacchati | yāvatsaṃdarśayedgāṃ vai sa tāvatphalamaśnute

He who has sold himself, buys cows and gives them wins a reward as great as the reach of what he shows in the cows he presents.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: lines = CE 13.72.33a,c. Corrected यश्चात्मावेक्रयं → यश्चात्मविक्रयं (misprint in Wikisource; वे for वि, CE ātmavikrayaṃ). The line यावत्संदर्शयेद्गां वै is read with the page's own note (13-108-35: संदर्शयेत् = पश्येत्, 'as far as cows are to be seen') ; CE has yāvatīḥ sparśayed gā vai.

Verse 36 (13.108.36)

रोम्णि रोम्णि महाभाग लोकाश्चास्याक्षयाः स्मृताः । सङ्ग्रामेष्वर्जयित्वा तु यो वै गाः सम्प्रयच्छति । आत्मविक्रयतुल्यास्ताः शाश्वता विद्धि कौशिक ॥

romṇi romṇi mahābhāga lokāścāsyākṣayāḥ smṛtāḥ | saṅgrāmeṣvarjayitvā tu yo vai gāḥ samprayacchati | ātmavikrayatulyāstāḥ śāśvatā viddhi kauśika

For every hair, O greatly fortunate one, his worlds are remembered as imperishable. And he who wins cows in battles and gives them — know, Kaushika, that those cows are everlasting and equal to selling oneself.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 13.72.33e, lines 2-3 = CE 13.72.34a,c (three lines, as printed).

Verse 37 (13.108.37)

अभावे यो गवां दद्यात्तिलधेनुं यतव्रतः । दुर्गात्स तारितो धेन्वा क्षीरनद्यां प्रमोदत्ते ॥

abhāve yo gavāṃ dadyāttiladhenuṃ yatavrataḥ | durgātsa tārito dhenvā kṣīranadyāṃ pramodatte

If cows are not to be had, he who keeps his vow and gives a sesame-cow is carried over hardship by that cow and rejoices in the river of milk.

Verse 38 (13.108.38)

न त्वेवासां दानमात्रं प्रशस्तं । पात्रं कालो गोविशेषो विधिश्च । कालज्ञानं विप्रगवान्तरं हि । दुःखं ज्ञातुं पावकादित्यभूतम् ॥

na tvevāsāṃ dānamātraṃ praśastaṃ | pātraṃ kālo goviśeṣo vidhiśca | kālajñānaṃ vipragavāntaraṃ hi | duḥkhaṃ jñātuṃ pāvakādityabhūtam

Mere giving of cows is not what is praised; the recipient, the time, the kind of cow and the rule all matter. Knowing the right time, and the difference between brahmin and cow, is hard, for they are like fire and the sun.

Verse 39 (13.108.39)

स्वाध्यायाढ्यं शुद्धयोनिं प्रशान्तं । वैतानस्थं पापभीरुं बहुज्ञम् । गोषु क्षान्तं नातितीक्ष्णं शरण्यं । वृत्तिग्लानं तादृशं पात्रमाहुः ॥

svādhyāyāḍhyaṃ śuddhayoniṃ praśāntaṃ | vaitānasthaṃ pāpabhīruṃ bahujñam | goṣu kṣāntaṃ nātitīkṣṇaṃ śaraṇyaṃ | vṛttiglānaṃ tādṛśaṃ pātramāhuḥ

They call him a worthy recipient who is rich in sacred study, of pure birth, tranquil, keeper of the Vedic fires, fearful of sin, much learned, patient with cows, not too fierce, a refuge for others, and in want of a livelihood.

Verse 40 (13.108.40)

वृत्तिग्लाने सीदति चातिमात्रं । तुष्ट्यर्थं वा होम्यहेतोः प्रसूतेः । गुर्वर्थं वा बालसंवृद्धये वा । धेनुं दद्याद्देशकाले विशिष्टे ॥

vṛttiglāne sīdati cātimātraṃ | tuṣṭyarthaṃ vā homyahetoḥ prasūteḥ | gurvarthaṃ vā bālasaṃvṛddhaye vā | dhenuṃ dadyāddeśakāle viśiṣṭe

When a man in want of livelihood is in deep distress — whether for his own contentment, or for the sake of an oblation, or for a birth, or for his teacher, or for the rearing of a child — one should give a cow at a distinguished place and time.

Verse 41 (13.108.41)

अन्तर्जाताः सुक्रयज्ञानलब्धाः । प्राणैः क्रीतास्तेजसा यौतकाश्च । कृच्छ्रोत्सृष्टाः पोषणाभ्यागताश्च । द्वारैरेतैर्गोविशेषाः प्रशस्ताः ॥

antarjātāḥ sukrayajñānalabdhāḥ | prāṇaiḥ krītāstejasā yautakāśca | kṛcchrotsṛṣṭāḥ poṣaṇābhyāgatāśca | dvārairetairgoviśeṣāḥ praśastāḥ

Cows born in the house, those well bought, those gained through knowledge, those bought with one's life, those won by prowess, those received as dowry, those given up in hardship, and those that came through maintaining them — by these doors the special cows are praised.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: CE 13.72.39 (antarjātāḥ sukrayajñānalabdhāḥ …). Corrected अन्तर्ज्ञाताः सक्रय° → अन्तर्जाताः सुक्रय° (misprints in Wikisource; ज्ञा for जा, स for सु; CE antarjātāḥ sukraya°, and the page's own note 13-108-41 reads अन्तर्जाताः सुक्रय°). The rest of the verse is a recension variant of the CE (प्राणैः क्रीताः …).

Verse 42 (13.108.42)

बलान्विताः शीलवयोपपन्नाः । सर्वाः प्रशंसन्ति सुगन्धवत्यः । यथा हि गङ्गा सरितां वरिष्ठा । तथाऽर्जुनीनां कपिला वरिष्ठा ॥

balānvitāḥ śīlavayopapannāḥ | sarvāḥ praśaṃsanti sugandhavatyaḥ | yathā hi gaṅgā saritāṃ variṣṭhā | tathā'rjunīnāṃ kapilā variṣṭhā

Cows that are strong, of good temper and age, and sweet-smelling are all praised. As the Ganga is the best of rivers, so among the cows the tawny kapila is best.

Verse 43 (13.108.43)

तिस्रो रात्रीस्त्वद्भिरुपोष्य भूमौ । तृप्ता गावस्तर्पितेभ्यः प्रदेयाः । वत्सैः पुष्टैः क्षीरपैः सुप्रचारा- । स्त्र्यहं दत्त्वा गोरसैर्वर्तितव्यम् ॥

tisro rātrīstvadbhirupoṣya bhūmau | tṛptā gāvastarpitebhyaḥ pradeyāḥ | vatsaiḥ puṣṭaiḥ kṣīrapaiḥ supracārā- | stryahaṃ dattvā gorasairvartitavyam

Having fasted three nights on the ground, taking only water, one should give well-fed cows to those who have been fed — cows with sturdy, milk-drinking calves and good pasture — and after giving them should live on cow products for three days.

Verse 44 (13.108.44)

दत्त्वा धेनुं सुव्रतां साधुदोहां । कल्याणवत्सामपलायिनीं च । यावन्ति रोमाणि भवन्ति तस्या- । स्तावन्ति वर्षाणि भवन्त्यमुत्र ॥

dattvā dhenuṃ suvratāṃ sādhudohāṃ | kalyāṇavatsāmapalāyinīṃ ca | yāvanti romāṇi bhavanti tasyā- | stāvanti varṣāṇi bhavantyamutra

Having given a cow of good vow, easily milked, with a fine calf, that does not stray — for as many hairs as she has, so many years he lives in the world beyond.

Note on the text: Corrected वर्षामि → वर्षाणि (misprint in Wikisource; CE varṣāṇi).

Verse 45 (13.108.45)

तथाऽनड्वाहं ब्राह्मणाय प्रदाय । धुर्यं युवानं बलिनं विनीतम् । हलस्य वोढारमनन्तवीर्यं । प्राप्नोति लोकान्दशधेनुदस्य ॥

tathā'naḍvāhaṃ brāhmaṇāya pradāya | dhuryaṃ yuvānaṃ balinaṃ vinītam | halasya voḍhāramanantavīryaṃ | prāpnoti lokāndaśadhenudasya

So too, having given a draught-bull to a brahmin — young, strong, trained, able to draw the plough, of boundless vigour — he reaches the worlds of the giver of ten cows.

Verse 46 (13.108.46)

कान्ताराद्ब्राह्मणान्गाश्च यः परित्राति कौशिक । क्षेमेण स विमुच्येत तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु ॥

kāntārādbrāhmaṇāngāśca yaḥ paritrāti kauśika | kṣemeṇa sa vimucyeta tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

He who, in a wilderness, saves brahmins and cows, Kaushika, is released in safety; hear the fruit of merit he gains.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: lines = CE 13.72.44a,c. Corrected ब्राह्म्णान् → ब्राह्मणान् (misprint in Wikisource; transposed letters, CE brāhmaṇān). The CE star passages 13.72.44d*0366_01-04 and *0367_01-08 are not on the page.

Verse 47 (13.108.47)

अश्वमेधक्रतोस्तुल्यं फलं भवति शाश्वतम् । मृत्युकाले सहस्राक्ष यां वृत्तिमनुकाङ्क्षते ॥

aśvamedhakratostulyaṃ phalaṃ bhavati śāśvatam | mṛtyukāle sahasrākṣa yāṃ vṛttimanukāṅkṣate

A lasting fruit equal to the Ashvamedha sacrifice comes to him. And at the time of death, thousand-eyed one, whatever livelihood he longs for,

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Verse 48 (13.108.48)

लोकान्बहुविधान्दिव्यान्यच्चास्य हृदि वर्तते । तत्सर्वं समवाप्नोति कर्मणैतेन मानवः ॥

lokānbahuvidhāndivyānyaccāsya hṛdi vartate | tatsarvaṃ samavāpnoti karmaṇaitena mānavaḥ

the many divine worlds, and whatever is in his heart — all of that a man gains by this deed.

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Verse 49 (13.108.49)

गोभिश्च समनुज्ञातः सर्वत्र च महीयते । यस्त्वेतेनैव कल्पेन गां वनेष्वनुगच्छति ॥

gobhiśca samanujñātaḥ sarvatra ca mahīyate | yastvetenaiva kalpena gāṃ vaneṣvanugacchati

Permitted by the cows, he is honoured everywhere — he who by this same rule follows a cow in the forests,

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Verse 50 (13.108.50)

तृणगोमयपर्णाशी निस्पृहो नियतः शुचिः । अकामं तेन वस्तव्यं मुदितेन शतक्रतो ॥

tṛṇagomayaparṇāśī nispṛho niyataḥ śuciḥ | akāmaṃ tena vastavyaṃ muditena śatakrato

living on grass, dung and leaves, free of longing, restrained and pure. He must live there without desire, glad at heart, Shatakratu,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 = CE 13.72.47c, line 2 = CE 13.72.48a.

Verse 51 (13.108.51)

मम लोके वसति स लोके वा यत्र चेच्छति ॥

mama loke vasati sa loke vā yatra cecchati

and he dwells in my world, or in whatever world he wishes.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: one line, CE 13.72.48c (mama loke suraiḥ sārdhaṃ loke yatrāpi cecchati); Wikisource lacks suraiḥ sārdhaṃ. Recension variant, kept.