Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·12·12.4
ददामीत्य् एव ब्रूयाद् अनु चैनाम् अभुत्सत । वशां ब्रह्मभ्यो याचद्भ्यस् तत् प्रजावद् अपत्यवत् ॥१॥
dadāmīty eva brūyād anu cainām abhutsata | vaśāṃ brahmabhyo yācadbhyas tat prajāvad apatyavat ||1||
I give [her]—thus should he say, if they have noticed (? anu-budh) her—[I give] the cow (vaçā́) to the priests (brahmán) that ask for her; that brings progeny, descendants.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रजया स वि क्रीणीते पशुभिश् चोप दस्यति । य आर्षेयेभ्यो याचद्भ्यो देवानां गां न दित्सति ॥२॥
prajayā sa vi krīṇīte paśubhiś copa dasyati | ya ārṣeyebhyo yācadbhyo devānāṃ gāṃ na ditsati ||2||
He bargains away his progeny and becomes exhausted of cattle who is not willing to give the cow (gó) of the gods to the sons of seers that ask for her.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
कूटयास्य सं शीर्यन्ते श्लोणया काटम् अर्दति । बण्डया दह्यन्ते गृहाः काणया दीयते स्वम् ॥३॥
kūṭayāsya saṃ śīryante śloṇayā kāṭam ardati | baṇḍayā dahyante gṛhāḥ kāṇayā dīyate svam ||3||
By a hornless one they are crushed for him; by a lame one he falls (? ard) into a pit; by a crippled one his houses are burned; by a one-eyed one his possessions are taken away (?).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
विलोहितो अधिष्ठानाच् छक्नो विन्दति गोपतिम् । तथा वशायाः संविद्यं दुरदभ्ना ह्य् उच्यसे ॥४॥
vilohito adhiṣṭhānāc chakno vindati gopatim | tathā vaśāyāḥ saṃvidyaṃ duradabhnā hy ucyase ||4||
Anæmia (vilohitá) from the station of the dung visits (vid) the master of kine; so is the agreement (?) of the cow; for door-damaging (?) art thou called.
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पदोर् अस्या अधिष्ठानाद् विक्लिन्दुर् नाम विन्दति । अनामनात् सं शीर्यन्ते या मुखेनोपजिघ्रति ॥५॥
pador asyā adhiṣṭhānād viklindur nāma vindati | anāmanāt saṃ śīryante yā mukhenopajighrati ||5||
From the station of the two feet of her, soaking (? viklíndu) namely visits [him]; unexpectedly (?) are they crushed who snuff at her with the mouth.
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यो अस्याः कर्णाव् आस्कुनोत्य् आ स देवेषु वृश्चते । लक्ष्म कुर्व इति मन्यते कनीयः कृणुते स्वम् ॥६॥
yo asyāḥ karṇāv āskunoty ā sa deveṣu vṛścate | lakṣma kurva iti manyate kanīyaḥ kṛṇute svam ||6||
Whoever punches (ā-sku) the two ears of her, he falls under the wrath of the gods; if he thinks "I am making a mark," he makes his possessions less.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् अस्याः कस्मै चिद् भोगाय बालान् कश् चित् प्रकृन्तति । ततः किशोरा म्रियन्ते वत्सांश् च घातुको वृकः ॥७॥
yad asyāḥ kasmai cid bhogāya bālān kaś cit prakṛntati | tataḥ kiśorā mriyante vatsāṃś ca ghātuko vṛkaḥ ||7||
If, for any one's advantage, any one cuts off the tail-tuft of her, then his colts die, and the wolf slays his calves.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् अस्या गोपतौ सत्या लोम ध्वाङ्क्षो अजीहिडत् । ततः कुमारा म्रियन्ते यक्ष्मो विन्दत्य् अनामनात् ॥८॥
yad asyā gopatau satyā loma dhvāṅkṣo ajīhiḍat | tataḥ kumārā mriyante yakṣmo vindaty anāmanāt ||8||
If of her, while being with her master, a crow hath vexed (hīḍ) the hair, then his boys die, [and] the yákṣma visits him unexpectedly (?).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् अस्याः पल्पूलनं शकृद् दासी समस्यति । ततो ऽपरूपं जायते तस्माद् अव्येष्यद् एनसः ॥९॥
yad asyāḥ palpūlanaṃ śakṛd dāsī samasyati | tato 'parūpaṃ jāyate tasmād avyeṣyad enasaḥ ||9||
If the lye, the dung of her a barbarian woman flings together, then is born what is deformed, what will not escape from that sin.
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जायमानाभि जायते देवान्त् सब्राह्मणान् वशा । तस्माद् ब्रह्मभ्यो देयैषा तद् आहुः स्वस्य गोपनम् ॥१०॥ १९
jāyamānābhi jāyate devānt sabrāhmaṇān vaśā | tasmād brahmabhyo deyaiṣā tad āhuḥ svasya gopanam ||10|| 19
When being born, the cow (vaçā́) is born for (abhí) the gods together with the Brahmans; therefore she is to be given to the priests (brahmán); that people call the guarding (gópana) of one's possessions.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
य एनां वनिम् आयन्ति तेषां देवकृता वशा । ब्रह्मज्येयं तद् अब्रुवन् य एनां निप्रियायते ॥११॥
ya enāṃ vanim āyanti teṣāṃ devakṛtā vaśā | brahmajyeyaṃ tad abruvan ya enāṃ nipriyāyate ||11||
They who come to the winning (vaní) of her, theirs is the god-made cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋; they called it bráhman -scathing, if anyone keeps her to himself.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
य आर्षेयेभ्यो याचद्भ्यो देवानां गां न दित्सति । आ स देवेषु वृश्चते ब्राह्मणानां च मन्यवे ॥१२॥
ya ārṣeyebhyo yācadbhyo devānāṃ gāṃ na ditsati | ā sa deveṣu vṛścate brāhmaṇānāṃ ca manyave ||12||
Whoever is not willing to give the cow (gó) of the gods to the sons of seers that ask for her, he falls under the wrath of the gods and the fury of the Brahmans.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यो अस्य स्याद् वशाभोगो अन्याम् इछेत तर्हि सः । हिंस्ते अदत्ता पुरुषं याचितां च न दित्सति ॥१३॥
yo asya syād vaśābhogo anyām icheta tarhi saḥ | hiṃste adattā puruṣaṃ yācitāṃ ca na ditsati ||13||
Whatever may be his use for the cow (vaçā́-), he should then seek another [cow]; she, ungiven, harms a man, if he is not willing to give her when asked for.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यथा शेवधिर् निहितो ब्राह्मणानां तथा वशा । ताम् एतद् अछायन्ति यस्मिन् कस्मिंश् च जायते ॥१४॥
yathā śevadhir nihito brāhmaṇānāṃ tathā vaśā | tām etad achāyanti yasmin kasmiṃś ca jāyate ||14||
As a deposited treasure (çevadhí), so of the Brahmans is the cow (vaçā́); accordingly ⌊ etát ⌋ they come unto her, in whosesoever possession she is born.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
स्वम् एतद् अछायन्ति यद् वशां ब्राह्मणा अभि । यथैनान् अन्यस्मिन् जिनीयाद् एवास्या निरोधनम् ॥१५॥
svam etad achāyanti yad vaśāṃ brāhmaṇā abhi | yathainān anyasmin jinīyād evāsyā nirodhanam ||15||
They come thus unto their own property, namely the Brahmans unto the cow; as one might scathe them in any other respect (?), so is the keeping back of her.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
चरेद् एवा त्रैहायणाद् अविज्ञातगदा सती । वशां च विद्यान् नारद ब्राह्मणास् तर्ह्य् एष्याः ॥१६॥
cared evā traihāyaṇād avijñātagadā satī | vaśāṃ ca vidyān nārada brāhmaṇās tarhy eṣyāḥ ||16||
She may go about until ⌊ ā́ ⌋ the space of three years, being of unrecognized (vi-jñā) speech (-gada); should he know the cow, O Nārada, then the Brahmans are to be sought.
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य एनाम् अवशाम् आह देवानां निहितं निधिम् । उभौ तस्मै भवाशर्वौ परिक्रम्येषुम् अस्यतः ॥१७॥
ya enām avaśām āha devānāṃ nihitaṃ nidhim | ubhau tasmai bhavāśarvau parikramyeṣum asyataḥ ||17||
Whoever declares her to be not the cow, the deposited deposit of the gods, at him Bhava-and-Çarva, both, striding about, hurl the arrow.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यो अस्या ऊधो न वेदाथो अस्या स्तनान् उत । उभयेनैवास्मै दुहे दातुं चेद् अशकद् वशाम् ॥१८॥
yo asyā ūdho na vedātho asyā stanān uta | ubhayenaivāsmai duhe dātuṃ ced aśakad vaśām ||18||
Whoever knows not the udder of her, and likewise the teats of her, to him she yields milk with both, if he has been able to give the cow.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
दुरदभ्नैनम् आ शये याचितां च न दित्सति । नास्मै कामाः सम् ऋध्यन्ते याम् अदत्त्वा चिकीर्षति ॥१९॥
duradabhnainam ā śaye yācitāṃ ca na ditsati | nāsmai kāmāḥ sam ṛdhyante yām adattvā cikīrṣati ||19||
Door-damaging (?) lies she on him, if he is not willing to give her when asked for; he does not succeed in the desires which, without having given her, he would fain accomplish (cikīrṣa-).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
देवा वशाम् अयाचन् मुखं कृत्वा ब्राह्मणम् । तेषां सर्वेषाम् अददद् धेडं न्य् एति मानुषः ॥२०॥ २०
devā vaśām ayācan mukhaṃ kṛtvā brāhmaṇam | teṣāṃ sarveṣām adadad dheḍaṃ ny eti mānuṣaḥ ||20|| 20
The gods asked for the cow, having made the Brahman their mouth; the wrath (héḍa) of them all incurs (ni-i) the man (mā́nuṣa) who gives not.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
हेडं पशूनां न्य् एति ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ऽददद् वशाम् । देवानां निहितं भागं मर्त्यश् चेन् निप्रियायते ॥२१॥
heḍaṃ paśūnāṃ ny eti brāhmaṇebhyo 'dadad vaśām | devānāṃ nihitaṃ bhāgaṃ martyaś cen nipriyāyate ||21||
He incurs the wrath of cattle (paçú) who gives not the cow to the Brahmans—if a mortal keeps to himself the deposited portion of the gods.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् अन्ये शतं याचेयुर् ब्राह्मणा गोपतिं वशाम् । अथैनां देवा अब्रुवन्न् एवं ह विदुषो वशा ॥२२॥
yad anye śataṃ yāceyur brāhmaṇā gopatiṃ vaśām | athaināṃ devā abruvann evaṃ ha viduṣo vaśā ||22||
If a hundred other Brahmans should ask the cow of its master, yet (átha) the gods said of her: the cow is his who knoweth thus.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
य एवं विदुषे ऽदत्त्वाथान्येभ्यो ददद् वशाम् । दुर्गा तस्मा अधिष्ठाने पृथिवी सहदेवता ॥२३॥
ya evaṃ viduṣe 'dattvāthānyebhyo dadad vaśām | durgā tasmā adhiṣṭhāne pṛthivī sahadevatā ||23||
Whoever, not having given her to one who knoweth thus, then shall give the cow to others, hard to go upon for him in his station is the earth with its deity.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
देवा वशाम् अयाचन् यस्मिन्न् अग्रे अजायत । ताम् एतां विद्यान् नारदः सह देवैर् उद् आजत ॥२४॥
devā vaśām ayācan yasminn agre ajāyata | tām etāṃ vidyān nāradaḥ saha devair ud ājata ||24||
The gods asked the cow [of him] in whose possession she was first (ágre) born; that same one may Nārada know; together with the gods he drove her away.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अनपत्यम् अल्पपशुं वशा कृणोति पूरुषम् । ब्राह्मणैश् च याचिताम् अथैनां निप्रियायते ॥२५॥
anapatyam alpapaśuṃ vaśā kṛṇoti pūruṣam | brāhmaṇaiś ca yācitām athaināṃ nipriyāyate ||25||
The cow makes a man (pū́ruṣa) destitute of descendants, poor in cattle, if, when she is asked for by the Brahmans, then he keeps her to himself.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्नीषोमाभ्यां कामाय मित्राय वरुणाय च । तेभ्यो याचन्ति ब्राह्मणास् तेष्व् आ वृश्चते ऽददत् ॥२६॥
agnīṣomābhyāṃ kāmāya mitrāya varuṇāya ca | tebhyo yācanti brāhmaṇās teṣv ā vṛścate 'dadat ||26||
For Agni-and-Soma, for Love (kā́ma), for Mitra and for Varuṇa—for these the Brahmans ask her; under their wrath falls he who gives not.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यावद् अस्या गोपतिर् नोपशृणुयाद् ऋचः स्वयम् । चरेद् अस्य तावद् गोषु नास्य श्रुत्वा गृहे वसेत् ॥२७॥
yāvad asyā gopatir nopaśṛṇuyād ṛcaḥ svayam | cared asya tāvad goṣu nāsya śrutvā gṛhe vaset ||27||
So long as the master of her should not himself overhear the verses (ṛ́ç), so long may she go about among his kine (gó); she may not abide in his house after he has heard.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यो अस्या ऋच उपश्रुत्याथ गोष्व् अचीचरत् । आयुश् च तस्य भूतिं च देवा वृश्चन्ति हीडिताः ॥२८॥
yo asyā ṛca upaśrutyātha goṣv acīcarat | āyuś ca tasya bhūtiṃ ca devā vṛścanti hīḍitāḥ ||28||
If any one, having overheard the verses of her, has then made her go about among his kine (gó), both the life-time and the growth of him do the gods, made wrathful, cut off (vraçc).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वशा चरन्ती बहुधा देवानां निहितो निधिः । आविष् कृणुष्व रूपाणि यदा स्थाम जिघांसति ॥२९॥
vaśā carantī bahudhā devānāṃ nihito nidhiḥ | āviṣ kṛṇuṣva rūpāṇi yadā sthāma jighāṃsati ||29||
The cow, going about variously, the deposited deposit of the gods, manifests her forms, when she desires to go (?) to her station (sthā́man).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आविर् आत्मानं कृणुते यदा स्थाम जिघांसति । अथो ह ब्रह्मभ्यो वशा याञ्च्याय कृणुते मनः ॥३०॥ २१
āvir ātmānaṃ kṛṇute yadā sthāma jighāṃsati | atho ha brahmabhyo vaśā yāñcyāya kṛṇute manaḥ ||30|| 21
She manifests herself when she desires to go to her station; then the cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋ makes up her mind for the asking of the priests (brahmán).
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मनसा सं कल्पयति तद् देवां अपि गछति । ततो ह ब्रह्माणो वशाम् उपप्रयन्ति याचितुम् ॥३१॥
manasā saṃ kalpayati tad devāṃ api gachati | tato ha brahmāṇo vaśām upaprayanti yācitum ||31||
She plans (sam-kḷp) [it] with her mind; then she goes unto the gods; thence the priests (brahmán) go on to ask for the cow.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
स्वधाकारेण पितृभ्यो यज्ञेन देवताभ्यः । दानेन राजन्यो वशाया मातुर् हेडम् न गछति ॥३२॥
svadhākāreṇa pitṛbhyo yajñena devatābhyaḥ | dānena rājanyo vaśāyā mātur heḍam na gachati ||32||
By offering of svadhā́ to the Fathers, by sacrifice to the deities, by giving of the cow, the noble (rājanyà) does not incur (gam) the mother's wrath.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वशा माता राजन्यस्य तथा संभूतम् अग्रशः । तस्या आहुर् अनर्पणं यद् ब्रह्मभ्यः प्रदीयते ॥३३॥
vaśā mātā rājanyasya tathā saṃbhūtam agraśaḥ | tasyā āhur anarpaṇaṃ yad brahmabhyaḥ pradīyate ||33||
The cow is mother of the noble; so came it (n.) into being in the beginning; they call it a non-abandonment (? ánarpaṇa) of her that she is presented to the priests (brahmán).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यथाज्यं प्रगृहीतम् आलुम्पेत् स्रुचो अग्नये । एवा ह ब्रह्मभ्यो वशाम् अग्नय आ वृश्चते ऽददत् ॥३४॥
yathājyaṃ pragṛhītam ālumpet sruco agnaye | evā ha brahmabhyo vaśām agnaya ā vṛścate 'dadat ||34||
As one might snatch (? ā-lup) from the spoon sacrificial butter held forth for the fire, so he who gives not the cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋ ⌊to the priests⌋ falls under the wrath of Agni.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पुरोडाशवत्सा सुदुघा लोके ऽस्मा उप तिष्ठति । सास्मै सर्वान् कामान् वशा प्रददुषे दुहे ॥३५॥
puroḍāśavatsā sudughā loke 'smā upa tiṣṭhati | sāsmai sarvān kāmān vaśā pradaduṣe duhe ||35||
With the sacrificial cake as calf, milking well, she draws near to him in the world; she yields (duh) to him all his desires—[namely,] the cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋ to him who has presented her.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सर्वान् कामान् यमराज्ये वशा प्रददुषे दुहे । अथाहुर् नारकं लोकं निरुन्धानस्य याचिताम् ॥३६॥
sarvān kāmān yamarājye vaśā pradaduṣe duhe | athāhur nārakaṃ lokaṃ nirundhānasya yācitām ||36||
All his desires, in Yama's realm, does the cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋ yield to him who has presented her; likewise they call hell the world of him who keeps her back when asked for.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रवीयमाना चरति क्रुद्धा गोपतये वशा । वेहतं मा मन्यमानो मृत्योः पाशेषु बध्यताम् ॥३७॥
pravīyamānā carati kruddhā gopataye vaśā | vehataṃ mā manyamāno mṛtyoḥ pāśeṣu badhyatām ||37||
Being impregnated, the cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋ goes about angry at her master: thinking me barren, let him be bound in the fetters of death.
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यो वेहतं मन्यमानो ऽमा च पचते वशाम् । अप्य् अस्य पुत्रान् पौत्रांश् च याचयते बृहस्पतिः ॥३८॥
yo vehataṃ manyamāno 'mā ca pacate vaśām | apy asya putrān pautrāṃś ca yācayate bṛhaspatiḥ ||38||
And he who, thinking her barren, cooks the cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋ at home (amā́)—his sons and sons' sons also does Brihaspati cause to be asked for.}}
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महद् एषाव तपति चरन्ती गोषु गौर् अपि । अथो ह गोपतये वशाददुषे विषं दुहे ॥३९॥
mahad eṣāva tapati carantī goṣu gaur api | atho ha gopataye vaśādaduṣe viṣaṃ duhe ||39||
She sends down great heat, going about a cow (gó) among kine; further, to the master who has not given her the cow (vaçā́) milks poison.
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प्रियं पशूनां भवति यद् ब्रह्मभ्यः प्रदीयते । अथो वशायास् तत् प्रियं यद् देवत्रा हविः स्यात् ॥४०॥ २२
priyaṃ paśūnāṃ bhavati yad brahmabhyaḥ pradīyate | atho vaśāyās tat priyaṃ yad devatrā haviḥ syāt ||40|| 22
It is a thing dear to the cattle that she is presented to the priests (brahmán); further, that is a thing dear to the cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋, that she be an oblation to the gods.
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या वशा उदकल्पयन् देवा यज्ञाद् उदेत्य । तासां विलिप्त्यं भीमाम् उदाकुरुत नारदः ॥४१॥
yā vaśā udakalpayan devā yajñād udetya | tāsāṃ viliptyaṃ bhīmām udākuruta nāradaḥ ||41||
What cows the gods shaped out (ut-kḷp), rising up from the sacrifice, of them Nārada selected for himself the fearful viliptī́.
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तां देवा अमीमांसन्त वशेया३म् अवशेति । ताम् अब्रवीन् नारद एषा वशानां वशतमेति ॥४२॥
tāṃ devā amīmāṃsanta vaśeyā3m avaśeti | tām abravīn nārada eṣā vaśānāṃ vaśatameti ||42||
The gods questioned (mīmāṅs-) about her: is this a cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋, or not a cow.' Of her Nārada said: she is of cows the most truly cow (vaçátama).
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कति नु वशा नारद यास् त्वं वेत्थ मनुष्यजाः । तास् त्वा पृछामि विद्वांसं कस्या नाश्नीयाद् अब्राह्मणः ॥४३॥
kati nu vaśā nārada yās tvaṃ vettha manuṣyajāḥ | tās tvā pṛchāmi vidvāṃsaṃ kasyā nāśnīyād abrāhmaṇaḥ ||43||
How many, pray (nú), Nārada, are the cows which thou knowest, born among men (manuṣyà-)? those I ask of thee who knowest; of which may a non-Brahman not partake (aç)?
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विलिप्त्या बृहस्पते या च सूतवशा वशा । तस्या नाश्नीयाद् अब्राह्मणो य आशंसेत भूत्याम् ॥४४॥
viliptyā bṛhaspate yā ca sūtavaśā vaśā | tasyā nāśnīyād abrāhmaṇo ya āśaṃseta bhūtyām ||44||
The viliptī́, O Brihaspati, and the cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋ that has given birth to [such] a cow—of that one a non-Brahman who should hope for prosperity (bhū́ti) may not partake.
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नमस् ते अस्तु नारदानुष्ठु विदुषे वशा । कतमासां भीमतमा याम् अदत्त्वा पराभवेत् ॥४५॥
namas te astu nāradānuṣṭhu viduṣe vaśā | katamāsāṃ bhīmatamā yām adattvā parābhavet ||45||
Homage be to thee, O Nārada; [be] the cow to him who at once knows it. Which one of them is the most fearful, not having given which, one would perish?
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विलिप्ती या बृहस्पते ऽथो सूतवशा वशा । तस्या नाश्नीयाद् अब्राह्मणो य आशंसेत भूत्याम् ॥४६॥
viliptī yā bṛhaspate 'tho sūtavaśā vaśā | tasyā nāśnīyād abrāhmaṇo ya āśaṃseta bhūtyām ||46||
She that is viliptī́, O Brihaspati, further the cow that has given birth to [such] a cow—of that one a non-Brahman who should hope for prosperity may not partake.
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त्रीणि वै वशाजातानि विलिप्ती सूतवशा वशा । ताः प्र यछेद् ब्रह्मभ्यः सो ऽनाव्रस्कः प्रजापतौ ॥४७॥
trīṇi vai vaśājātāni viliptī sūtavaśā vaśā | tāḥ pra yached brahmabhyaḥ so 'nāvraskaḥ prajāpatau ||47||
Three verily are the kinds of cow: the vilipti, she that has given birth to [such] a cow, the [simple] cow yagd; these one should present to the priests (brahman), [then] he falls not under the wrath of Prajapati.
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एतद् वो ब्राह्मणा हविर् इति मन्वीत याचितः । वशां चेद् एनं याचेयुर् या भीमाददुषो गृहे ॥४८॥
etad vo brāhmaṇā havir iti manvīta yācitaḥ | vaśāṃ ced enaṃ yāceyur yā bhīmādaduṣo gṛhe ||48||
This, O Brahmans, is your oblation—so, when asked ⌊therefor⌋, should he think, if they should ask of him the cow, which in the house of him who has not given her is fearful.
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देवा वशां पर्य् अवदन् न नो ऽदाद् इति हीडिताः । एताभिर् ऋग्भिर् भेदं तस्माद् वै स पराभवत् ॥४९॥
devā vaśāṃ pary avadan na no 'dād iti hīḍitāḥ | etābhir ṛgbhir bhedaṃ tasmād vai sa parābhavat ||49||
The gods talked about the cow in wrath, saying: he hath not given it to us; with these verses (ṛ́c) [they talked about] Bheda; therefore indeed he perished.
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उतैनां भेदो नाददाद् वशाम् इन्द्रेण याचितः । तस्मात् तं देवा आगसो ऽवृश्चन्न् अहमुत्तरे ॥५०॥
utaināṃ bhedo nādadād vaśām indreṇa yācitaḥ | tasmāt taṃ devā āgaso 'vṛścann ahamuttare ||50||
And Bheda gave her not, when asked by Indra for the cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋; for that offense the gods cut him off in the contest for superiority.
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ये वशाया अदानाय वदन्ति परिरापिणः । इन्द्रस्य मन्यवे जाल्मा आ वृश्चन्ते अचित्त्या ॥५१॥
ye vaśāyā adānāya vadanti parirāpiṇaḥ | indrasya manyave jālmā ā vṛścante acittyā ||51||
They who, wheedling, advise (vad) to the non-giving of the cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋, the villains fall under the fury of Indra through ignorance.
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ये गोपतिं पराणीयाथाहुर् मा ददा इति । रुद्रस्यास्तां ते हेतीं परि यन्त्य् अचित्त्या ॥५२॥
ye gopatiṃ parāṇīyāthāhur mā dadā iti | rudrasyāstāṃ te hetīṃ pari yanty acittyā ||52||
They who, leading away her master, then say: do not give—they, through ignorance, go to meet the hurled missile of Rudra.
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यदि हुतं यद्य् अहुताम् अमा च पचते वशाम् । देवान्त् सब्राह्मणान् ऋत्वा जिह्मो लोकान् निर् ऋछति ॥५३॥ २३
yadi hutaṃ yady ahutām amā ca pacate vaśām | devānt sabrāhmaṇān ṛtvā jihmo lokān nir ṛchati ||53|| 23
If as offered (hu) and if as unoffered one cooks the cow ⌊ vaçā́ ⌋ in private (amā́), coming into collision with the gods accompanied by the Brahmans, he goes supine (jihmá) out of the world.
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