Of all kinds of gifts, the gift of kine is spoken highest of. Kine are the foremost of all things. Themselves sacred, they are the best of purifier.
दानानामपि सर्वेषां गवां दानं प्रशस्यते। गावः श्रेष्ठाः पवित्राश्च पावनं ह्येतदुत्तमम्॥