The Marks of the Tawny Cow

Verse 1 (13.127.1)

केन वर्णविभागेन विज्ञेया कपिला भवेत् । कति वा लक्षणान्यस्या दृष्टानि मुनिभिः पुरा ॥

kena varṇavibhāgena vijñeyā kapilā bhavet | kati vā lakṣaṇānyasyā dṛṣṭāni munibhiḥ purā

By what division of colour is a tawny cow to be known? And how many marks of hers did the sages see in ancient times?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 136-137 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0136-0137), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 2 (13.127.2)

शृणु तात यथा गोषु विज्ञेया कपिला भवेत् । नेत्रयोः शृङ्गयोश्चैव खुरेषु वृषणेषु च । कर्णतो घ्राणतश्चापि षड्विधाः कपिलाः स्मृताः ॥

śṛṇu tāta yathā goṣu vijñeyā kapilā bhavet | netrayoḥ śṛṅgayoścaiva khureṣu vṛṣaṇeṣu ca | karṇato ghrāṇataścāpi ṣaḍvidhāḥ kapilāḥ smṛtāḥ

Listen, dear son, to how a tawny cow is to be known among cows. By the eyes, the horns, the hooves, the testicles, the ears and the nose: tawny cows are said to be of six kinds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 138-140 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0138-0140), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 3 (13.127.3)

एतेषां लक्षणानां तु यद्येकमपि दृश्यते । कपिलां तां विजानीयादेवमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥

eteṣāṃ lakṣaṇānāṃ tu yadyekamapi dṛśyate | kapilāṃ tāṃ vijānīyādevamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

If even one of these marks is seen, one should know her to be tawny; so the wise declare.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 141-142 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0141-0142), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 4 (13.127.4)

आग्नेयी नेत्रकपिला खुरैर्माहेश्वरी भवेत् । ग्रीवायां वैष्णवी ज्ञेया पूष्णो घ्राणादजायत ॥

āgneyī netrakapilā khurairmāheśvarī bhavet | grīvāyāṃ vaiṣṇavī jñeyā pūṣṇo ghrāṇādajāyata

The one tawny in the eyes is Agni's; by the hooves she is Maheshvara's; at the neck she is to be known as Vishnu's; and she was born from the nose of Pushan.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 143-144 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0143-0144), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 5 (13.127.5)

कर्णतस्तु वसन्तेन स्वयोनिमभिजायते । गायत्र्याश्च वृषणयोरुत्पत्तिः षड्गुणा स्मृता ॥

karṇatastu vasantena svayonimabhijāyate | gāyatryāśca vṛṣaṇayorutpattiḥ ṣaḍguṇā smṛtā

By the ear she is born of her own womb, through Vasanta; and by the testicles her origin is Gayatri's. Thus her origin is said to be sixfold.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 145-146 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0145-0146), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 6 (13.127.6)

एवं गावश्च विप्राश्च गायत्री सत्यमेव च । वसन्तश्च सुवर्णश्च एकतः समजायत ॥

evaṃ gāvaśca viprāśca gāyatrī satyameva ca | vasantaśca suvarṇaśca ekataḥ samajāyata

Thus cows, brahmins, the Gayatri, truth, Vasanta and gold were all born together.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 147-148 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0147-0148), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension. Wikisource reads सुवर्णश्च where the CE reads suparṇaś ca; a recension variant, kept.

Verse 7 (13.127.7)

नेत्रयोः कपिलां यस्तु वाहयेत दुहेत वा । स पापकर्मा नरकं प्रतिष्ठां प्रतिपद्यते ॥

netrayoḥ kapilāṃ yastu vāhayeta duheta vā | sa pāpakarmā narakaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ pratipadyate

He who yokes or milks a cow that is tawny in the eyes, that evildoer finds his abode in hell.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 149-150 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0149-0150), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 8 (13.127.8)

नरकाद्विप्रमुक्तस्तु तिर्यग्योनिं निषेवते । यदा लभेत मानुष्यं जात्यन्धो जायते नरः ॥

narakādvipramuktastu tiryagyoniṃ niṣevate | yadā labheta mānuṣyaṃ jātyandho jāyate naraḥ

Released from hell, he enters animal wombs; and when at last he gains a human birth, he is born blind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 151-152 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0151-0152), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 9 (13.127.9)

शृङ्गयोः कपिलां यस्तु वाहयेत दुहेत वा । तिर्यग्योनिं स लभते जायमानः पुनः पुनः ॥

śṛṅgayoḥ kapilāṃ yastu vāhayeta duheta vā | tiryagyoniṃ sa labhate jāyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

He who yokes or milks a cow tawny in the horns obtains animal births, being born again and again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 153-154 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0153-0154), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 10 (13.127.10)

खुरेषु कपिलां यस्तु वाहयेत दुहेत वा । तमस्यपारे मज्जेत धनहीनो नराधमः ॥

khureṣu kapilāṃ yastu vāhayeta duheta vā | tamasyapāre majjeta dhanahīno narādhamaḥ

He who yokes or milks a cow tawny in the hooves sinks into boundless darkness, a poor man, the lowest of men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 155-156 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0155-0156), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 11 (13.127.11)

कपिलां वालधानेषु वाहयेत दुहेत वा । निराश्रयः सदा चैव जायते यदि चेत्कृमिः ॥

kapilāṃ vāladhāneṣu vāhayeta duheta vā | nirāśrayaḥ sadā caiva jāyate yadi cetkṛmiḥ

He who yokes or milks a cow tawny in the tail-hair is always born without any refuge, if he is born even as a worm.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 157-158 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0157-0158), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 12 (13.127.12)

कर्णेन कपिलां यस्तु जानन्नप्युपजीवति । सहस्रशः शुचिर्भूत्वा मानुष्यं प्राप्नुयादथ । चण्डालः पापयोनिश्च जायते स नराधमः ॥

karṇena kapilāṃ yastu jānannapyupajīvati | sahasraśaḥ śucirbhūtvā mānuṣyaṃ prāpnuyādatha | caṇḍālaḥ pāpayoniśca jāyate sa narādhamaḥ

He who, knowing it, lives by a cow tawny in the ear: having become pure a thousand times over, he may then attain human birth; yet that lowest of men is born a Chandala, of sinful birth.

Note on the text: Corrected शुचिर्भुत्वा → शुचिर्भूत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the long ū of भूत्वा is shortened). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 159-161 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0159-0161), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension. Wikisource reads कर्णेन … शुचिः … पापयोनिश्च where the CE reads varṇena … kṛmiḥ … pāpakarmā vā; recension variants, kept.

Verse 13 (13.127.13)

घ्राणेन कपिलां यस्तु प्रमादादुपजीवति । सोऽपि वर्षसहस्राणि तिर्यग्योनौ प्रजायते ॥

ghrāṇena kapilāṃ yastu pramādādupajīvati | so'pi varṣasahasrāṇi tiryagyonau prajāyate

He who through carelessness lives by a cow tawny in the nose is likewise born in animal wombs for thousands of years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 162-163 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0162-0163), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 14 (13.127.14)

व्याधिग्रस्तो जडो रोगी भवेन्मानुष्यमागतः ॥

vyādhigrasto jaḍo rogī bhavenmānuṣyamāgataḥ

Coming to human birth, he becomes diseased, dull and sickly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: line 164 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0164), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension. The page prints this as a single line (13-127-14a), as does the CE.

Verse 15 (13.127.15)

मधुसर्पिस्सुगन्धास्तु कपिलाः शास्त्रतः स्मृताः । एताः समुपजीवेत सोऽपि तिर्यक्षु जायते ॥

madhusarpissugandhāstu kapilāḥ śāstrataḥ smṛtāḥ | etāḥ samupajīveta so'pi tiryakṣu jāyate

Cows tawny like honey and ghee, with a sweet scent, are so named in the scriptures; whoever lives by these is also born among animals.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 165-166 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0165-0166), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 16 (13.127.16)

स्थावरत्वमनुप्राप्तो यदि मानुष्यतां लभेत् । अल्पायुः स भवेज्जातो हीनवर्णकुलोद्भवः ॥

sthāvaratvamanuprāpto yadi mānuṣyatāṃ labhet | alpāyuḥ sa bhavejjāto hīnavarṇakulodbhavaḥ

Having been reduced to the state of immovable things, if he should gain human birth, he is born short-lived and in a family of low class.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 167-168 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0167-0168), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.

Verse 17 (13.127.17)

ये तु पापा ह्यसूयन्ते कपिलां वाहयन्ति च । निरयेषु प्रतिष्ठन्ते यावदाभूतसम्प्लवम् ॥

ye tu pāpā hyasūyante kapilāṃ vāhayanti ca | nirayeṣu pratiṣṭhante yāvadābhūtasamplavam

Those wicked ones who despise the tawny cow and yoke her are fixed in the hells until the great dissolution of all beings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 169-170 of the CE's inline Appendix I No. 9B (13,080.045d@009B_0169-0170), printed after 13.80.45; vulgate recension.