I then begged the Brahmana to whom I had given that cow, to return the gift in exchange for hundreds and hundreds of other kine. Without yielding to my earnest solicitation, he addressed me saying, The cow I have got is well suited to time and place. She gives profuse inilk, besides being very quiet and very fond of us. The milk she gives is very sweet. She is lauded in my house. She is nourishing, besides, a weak child of mine that has just been born. I cannot, therefore, part with her. Having said these words, the Brahmana went away.
शतेन शतसंख्येन गवां विनिमयेन वै। याचे प्रतिग्रहीतारं स तु मामब्रवीदिदम्॥ देशकालोपसम्पन्ना दोग्ध्री शान्तातिवत्सला। स्वादुक्षीरप्रदा धन्या मम नित्यं निवेशने॥ कृतं च भरते सा गौर्मम पुत्रमपस्तनम्। न सा शक्या मया दातुमित्युक्त्वा स जगाम ह॥१६