Yudhishthira said Why, O grandfather, do the righteous highly speak of the gift of a Kapila cow when all good kine that are given away should be considered as equal? O you of great power, I wish to hear what the superiority is of a Kapila cow. You are indeed, competent to discourse to me on this subject.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच कस्मात् समाने बहुलाप्रदाने सद्धिः प्रशस्तं कपिलाप्रदानाम्। विशेषमिच्छामि महाप्रभावं श्रोतुं समर्थोऽस्मि भवान् प्रवक्तुम्॥