Bhishma said By giving to a Brahmana a cow having a calf, gifted with docility and other virtues, young in years and covered round with a piece of cloth, one is purged of all his sins.
भीष्म उवाच वत्सलां गुणसम्पन्नां तरुणीं वस्त्रसंयुताम्। दत्त्वेदृशीं गां विप्राय सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते॥