Those kine, O Shakra, whose dispositions are well known, which have been won as honoraria for knowledge, or which have been bought in exchange for other animals (such as goats, sheep, etc.), or which have been got by prowess of arms, obtained marriagedower, or which have been acquired by being rescued from situations of danger, or which, their poor owners, being unable to maintain them, have been made over by careful keep, in one's house with the wish of remaining , there, are, for such reasons, considered as proper objects of gift.
अन्तर्ज्ञाताः सक्रयज्ञानलब्धाः प्राणैः क्रीतास्तेजसा यौतकाश। कृच्छ्रोत्सृष्टाः पोषणाभ्यागताश्च द्वारैरेतैर्गोविशेषः प्रशस्ताः॥