Vyasa was much pleased on accepting the offerings from the Pandava Janamejaya and he ordered that the kine should not be slaughtered.
प्रतिगृह्य तु तां पूजां पाण्डवाज्जनमेजयात्। गां चैव समनुज्ञाप्य व्यासः प्रीतोऽभवत्तदा॥