The Boon of the Cows and the Worlds Won by Gifts of Cows

Verse 1 (13.114.1)

शतं वर्षसहस्राणां तपस्तप्तं सुदुष्करम् । गोभिः पूर्वं विसृष्टाभिर्गच्छेम श्रेष्ठतामिति ॥

śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ tapastaptaṃ suduṣkaram | gobhiḥ pūrvaṃ visṛṣṭābhirgacchema śreṣṭhatāmiti

The cows created in the beginning practised a most difficult austerity for a hundred thousand years, thinking: May we attain pre-eminence.

Verse 2 (13.114.2)

लोकेऽस्मिन्दक्षिणानां च सर्वासां वयमुत्तमाः । भवेम न च लिप्येम दोषेणेति परन्तप ॥

loke'smindakṣiṇānāṃ ca sarvāsāṃ vayamuttamāḥ | bhavema na ca lipyema doṣeṇeti parantapa

May we be the best of all gifts of fees in this world, and may we not be tainted by any fault, O scorcher of foes.

Note on the text: Corrected लोप्येम → लिप्येम (misprint in Wikisource; 'लोप्येम' is no valid optative form; the sense (not be tainted by fault, with the instrumental दोषेण) and CE 'lipyema' give लिप्येम).

Verse 3 (13.114.3)

अस्मत्पुरीषस्नानेन जनः पूयेत सर्वदा । शकृता च पवित्रार्थं कुर्वीरन्देवमानुषाः ॥

asmatpurīṣasnānena janaḥ pūyeta sarvadā | śakṛtā ca pavitrārthaṃ kurvīrandevamānuṣāḥ

May people always be purified by bathing in our dung, and may gods and men use our dung for purification.

Note on the text: Corrected पुयेत → पूयेत (misprint in Wikisource; a short vowel for the long; the optative of पू 'to purify' is पूयेत). Corrected देवमानुषाःठ → देवमानुषाः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray letter ठ after the visarga). Line 2 = CE 13.78.3c; line 1 differs from CE 3a (sa eva cetasā tena hato lipyeta sarvadā). The automatic alignment left it unmatched. Recension variant, kept.

Verse 4 (13.114.4)

तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च । प्रदातारश्च लोकान्नो गच्छेयुरिति मानद ॥

tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca | pradātāraśca lokānno gaccheyuriti mānada

And may all beings, moving and unmoving, and those who give us, go to our worlds, O giver of honour.

Note on the text: Matches CE 13.78.4 (the automatic alignment left it unmatched) with a variant in line 2 (प्रदातारश्च लोकान्नो गच्छेयुः against CE golokān gaccheyuḥ). Kept.

Verse 5 (13.114.5)

ताभ्यो वरं ददौ ब्रह्मा तपसोऽन्ते स्वयं प्रभुः । एवं भवन्विति विभुर्लोकांस्तारयतेति च ॥

tābhyo varaṃ dadau brahmā tapaso'nte svayaṃ prabhuḥ | evaṃ bhavanviti vibhurlokāṃstārayateti ca

At the end of their austerity, Brahma, the Lord himself, gave them a boon: "Let it be so," said the almighty, "and carry the worlds across."

Verse 6 (13.114.6)

उत्तस्थुः सिद्धकामास्ता भूतभव्यस्य मातरः । तपसोऽन्ते महाराज गावो लोकपरायणाः ॥

uttasthuḥ siddhakāmāstā bhūtabhavyasya mātaraḥ | tapaso'nte mahārāja gāvo lokaparāyaṇāḥ

At the end of their austerity, O great king, the cows, mothers of the past and the future, rose up with their wishes fulfilled, the refuge of the worlds.

Verse 7 (13.114.7)

तस्माद्गावो महाभागाः पवित्रं परमुच्यते । तथैव सर्वभूतानां समतिष्ठन्त मूर्धनि ॥

tasmādgāvo mahābhāgāḥ pavitraṃ paramucyate | tathaiva sarvabhūtānāṃ samatiṣṭhanta mūrdhani

Therefore the cows are greatly blessed and are called supremely pure; and thus they stand on the heads of all beings.

Verse 8 (13.114.8)

समानवत्सां कपिलां धेनुं दत्त्वा पयस्विनीम् । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतां ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ॥

samānavatsāṃ kapilāṃ dhenuṃ dattvā payasvinīm | suvratāṃ vastrasaṃvītāṃ brahmaloke mahīyate

By giving a milch tawny cow with a matching calf, gentle and covered with a cloth, one is honoured in the world of Brahma.

Note on the text: Corrected सम्मनवत्सां → समानवत्सां (misprint in Wikisource; a garbled form; the word is समानवत्सां, as in the parallel verses and CE 'samānavatsāṃ'). The raw page prints a double danda after the first line (पयस्विनीम्।।); reduced to the usual ' ।'.

Verse 9 (13.114.9)

लोहितां तुल्यवत्सां तु धेनुं दत्त्वा पयस्विनीम् । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतां सूर्यलोके महीयते ॥

lohitāṃ tulyavatsāṃ tu dhenuṃ dattvā payasvinīm | suvratāṃ vastrasaṃvītāṃ sūryaloke mahīyate

By giving a milch red cow with a matching calf, gentle and covered with a cloth, one is honoured in the world of the Sun.

Note on the text: Variant: लोहितां तुल्यवत्सां for CE rohiṇīṃ tulyavatsāṃ; kept.

Verse 10 (13.114.10)

समानवत्सां शबलां धेनुं दत्त्वा पयस्विनीम् । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतां सोमलोके महीयते ॥

samānavatsāṃ śabalāṃ dhenuṃ dattvā payasvinīm | suvratāṃ vastrasaṃvītāṃ somaloke mahīyate

By giving a milch speckled cow with a matching calf, gentle and covered with a cloth, one is honoured in the world of the Moon.

Note on the text: Corrected वस्त्रसंवीतीं → वस्त्रसंवीतां (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong vowel (ī for ā); the accusative agreeing with धेनुं is वस्त्रसंवीतां, as in the neighbouring verses and CE).

Verse 11 (13.114.11)

समानवत्सां श्वेतां तु धेनुं दत्त्वा पयस्विनीम् । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतामिन्द्रलोके महीयते ॥

samānavatsāṃ śvetāṃ tu dhenuṃ dattvā payasvinīm | suvratāṃ vastrasaṃvītāmindraloke mahīyate

By giving a milch white cow with a matching calf, gentle and covered with a cloth, one is honoured in the world of Indra.

Verse 12 (13.114.12)

समानवत्सां कृष्णां तु धेनुं दत्त्वा पयस्विनीम् । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतामग्निलोके महीयते ॥

samānavatsāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ tu dhenuṃ dattvā payasvinīm | suvratāṃ vastrasaṃvītāmagniloke mahīyate

By giving a milch black cow with a matching calf, gentle and covered with a cloth, one is honoured in the world of Agni.

Note on the text: Corrected धेनु दत्त्वा → धेनुं दत्त्वा (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped anusvara; CE reads 'dhenuṃ dattvā').

Verse 13 (13.114.13)

समानवत्सां धूम्रां तु धेनुं दत्त्वा पयस्विनीम् । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतां याम्यलोके महीयते ॥

samānavatsāṃ dhūmrāṃ tu dhenuṃ dattvā payasvinīm | suvratāṃ vastrasaṃvītāṃ yāmyaloke mahīyate

By giving a milch smoke-grey cow with a matching calf, gentle and covered with a cloth, one is honoured in the world of Yama.

Verse 14 (13.114.14)

अपां फेनसवर्णां तु सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् । प्रदाय वस्त्रसंवीतां वारुणं लोकमाप्नुते ॥

apāṃ phenasavarṇāṃ tu savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām | pradāya vastrasaṃvītāṃ vāruṇaṃ lokamāpnute

By giving a cow the colour of water-foam, with her calf and a bronze milking-pail, covered with a cloth, one reaches the world of Varuna.

Verse 15 (13.114.15)

वातरेणुसवर्णां तु सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् । प्रदाय वस्त्रसंवीतां वायुलोके महीयते ॥

vātareṇusavarṇāṃ tu savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām | pradāya vastrasaṃvītāṃ vāyuloke mahīyate

By giving a cow the colour of wind-blown dust, with her calf and a bronze milking-pail, covered with a cloth, one is honoured in the world of Vayu.

Verse 16 (13.114.16)

हिरण्यवर्णां पिङ्गाक्षीं सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् । प्रदाय वस्त्रसंवीतां कौबेरं लोकमश्नुते ॥

hiraṇyavarṇāṃ piṅgākṣīṃ savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām | pradāya vastrasaṃvītāṃ kauberaṃ lokamaśnute

By giving a golden-coloured cow with tawny eyes, with her calf and a bronze milking-pail, covered with a cloth, one reaches the world of Kubera.

Verse 17 (13.114.17)

पलालधूम्रवर्णां तु सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् । प्रदाय वस्त्रसंवीतां पितृलोके महीयते ॥

palāladhūmravarṇāṃ tu savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām | pradāya vastrasaṃvītāṃ pitṛloke mahīyate

By giving a cow the smoky colour of straw, with her calf and a bronze milking-pail, covered with a cloth, one is honoured in the world of the Ancestors.

Verse 18 (13.114.18)

सवत्सां पीवरीं दत्त्वा दृतिकण्ठामलङ्कृताम् । वैश्वदेवमसम्बाधं स्थानं श्रेष्ठं प्रपद्यते ॥

savatsāṃ pīvarīṃ dattvā dṛtikaṇṭhāmalaṅkṛtām | vaiśvadevamasambādhaṃ sthānaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ prapadyate

By giving a plump cow with her calf, adorned and with a hanging dewlap, one reaches the best of stations, that of the Vishvedevas, free from crowding.

Note on the text: Recension variant: दृतिकण्ठाम् ('with a dewlap like a water-skin') where the CE reads 'śitikaṇṭhām'; the page's apparatus records 'शितिकण्ठाम्' as another reading. Kept.

Verse 19 (13.114.19)

समानवत्सां गौरीं तु धेनुं दत्त्वा पयस्विनीम् । सुव्रतां वस्त्रसंवीतां वसूनां लोकमाप्नुयात् ॥

samānavatsāṃ gaurīṃ tu dhenuṃ dattvā payasvinīm | suvratāṃ vastrasaṃvītāṃ vasūnāṃ lokamāpnuyāt

By giving a milch pale-yellow cow with a matching calf, gentle and covered with a cloth, one reaches the world of the Vasus.

Verse 20 (13.114.20)

पाण्डुकम्बलवर्णाभां सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम् । प्रदाय वस्त्रसंवीतां साध्यानां लोकमाप्नुते ॥

pāṇḍukambalavarṇābhāṃ savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām | pradāya vastrasaṃvītāṃ sādhyānāṃ lokamāpnute

By giving a cow with the colour of a pale woollen blanket, with her calf and a bronze milking-pail, covered with a cloth, one reaches the world of the Sadhyas.

Note on the text: Corrected कांस्यकदोहनाम् → कांस्यदोहनाम् (misprint in Wikisource; a stray syllable क; the phrase is कांस्यदोहनाम्, as in the neighbouring verses and CE).

Verse 21 (13.114.21)

वैराटपृष्ठमुक्षाणं सर्वरत्नैरलङ्कृतम् । प्रददन्मरुतां लोकान्स राजन्प्रतिपद्यते ॥

vairāṭapṛṣṭhamukṣāṇaṃ sarvaratnairalaṅkṛtam | pradadanmarutāṃ lokānsa rājanpratipadyate

By giving a bull with a mighty back, adorned with every kind of jewel, one, O king, attains the worlds of the Maruts.

Note on the text: Recension variant: the page's apparatus records 'वैतानस्थितमुक्षाणम्' as another reading. Kept.

Verse 22 (13.114.22)

वत्सोपपन्नां नीलां गां सर्वरत्नसमन्विताम् । गन्धर्वाप्सरसां लोकान्दत्त्वा प्राप्नोति मानवः ॥

vatsopapannāṃ nīlāṃ gāṃ sarvaratnasamanvitām | gandharvāpsarasāṃ lokāndattvā prāpnoti mānavaḥ

By giving a blue cow with her calf, furnished with every kind of jewel, a man reaches the worlds of the Gandharvas and Apsarases.

Verse 23 (13.114.23)

दृतिकण्ठमनड्वाहं सर्वरत्नैरलङ्कृतम् । दत्त्वा प्रजापतेर्लोकान्विशोकः प्रतिपद्यते ॥

dṛtikaṇṭhamanaḍvāhaṃ sarvaratnairalaṅkṛtam | dattvā prajāpaterlokānviśokaḥ pratipadyate

By giving an ox with a hanging dewlap, adorned with every kind of jewel, one reaches the worlds of Prajapati, free of sorrow.

Verse 24 (13.114.24)

गोप्रदानरतो याति भित्त्वा जलदसञ्चयान् । विमानेनार्कवर्णेन दिवि राजन्विराजता ॥

gopradānarato yāti bhittvā jaladasañcayān | vimānenārkavarṇena divi rājanvirājatā

The man devoted to giving cows goes, O king, in a shining aerial car the colour of the sun, cleaving the masses of clouds in the sky.

Verse 25 (13.114.25)

तं चारुवेषाः सुश्रोण्यः सहस्रं वारयोषितः । रमयन्ति नरश्रेष्ठं गोप्रदानरतं नरम् ॥

taṃ cāruveṣāḥ suśroṇyaḥ sahasraṃ vārayoṣitaḥ | ramayanti naraśreṣṭhaṃ gopradānarataṃ naram

A thousand graceful-hipped courtesans, charmingly dressed, delight that best of men, devoted to giving cows.

Note on the text: Corrected चोरुवेषाः → चारुवेषाः (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong vowel; 'charming of dress' is चारुवेष, CE 'cāruveṣāḥ'). Corrected वारयोपितः → वारयोषितः (misprint in Wikisource; a wrong sibilant; the word is योषित् (CE 'varayoṣitaḥ')). Matches CE 13.78.25 (the automatic alignment left it unmatched) with the variant वारयोषितः for CE varayoṣitaḥ. Kept.

Verse 26 (13.114.26)

वीणानां वल्लकीनां च नूपुराणां च शिञ्जितैः । हासैश्च हरिणाक्षीणां सुप्तः सुप्रतिबोध्यते ॥

vīṇānāṃ vallakīnāṃ ca nūpurāṇāṃ ca śiñjitaiḥ | hāsaiśca hariṇākṣīṇāṃ suptaḥ supratibodhyate

When he sleeps, he is woken by the sounds of lutes and lyres and anklets, and by the laughter of the doe-eyed women.

Note on the text: Corrected नू पुराणां → नूपुराणां (misprint in Wikisource; a word wrongly split by a space).

Verse 27 (13.114.27)

यावन्ति रोमाणि भवन्ति धेन्वाः । तावन्ति वर्षाणि महीयते सः । स्वर्गच्युतश्चापि ततो नृलोके । कुले प्रसूतो विपुले विशोकः ॥

yāvanti romāṇi bhavanti dhenvāḥ | tāvanti varṣāṇi mahīyate saḥ | svargacyutaścāpi tato nṛloke | kule prasūto vipule viśokaḥ

For as many hairs as the cow has, for so many years he is honoured; and when he falls from heaven, he is born again in the world of men in a great family, free of sorrow.

Note on the text: Corrected धेन्वा- । स्तावन्ति → धेन्वाः । तावन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; Wikisource splits the sandhi form धेन्वा-स्तावन्ति across the pada line with a hyphen; the pada now ends in its pausal form (धेन्वाः), as CE 'dhenvās; tāvanti'). Matches CE 13.78.27 (the automatic alignment left it unmatched); four lines, as CE 27a, c. Line 4 differs: कुले प्रसूतो विपुले विशोकः against CE kule samutpatsyati gomināṃ saḥ. Recension variant, kept.