The giver, thus living with the kine in the fold without doing anything to control their freedom, and lying down on the naked earth, becomes readily cleansed of all his sins on account of his bringing himself down to a condition of perfect similitude with the kine.
स तामेकां निशां गोभिः समसख्यः समव्रतः। ऐकात्म्यगमनात् सद्यः कलुषाद् विप्रमुच्यते॥८॥