Seeing the mangled body of a bull, and hearing the highly painful groans of the kine in a cow-killing sacrifice, and observing the cruel Brahmanas collected there for assisting at the ceremonies, that king said these words:Prosperity to all the kine in the world!-When the slaughter had begun, these
छिन्नस्थूणं वृषं दृष्ट्वा विलापं च गवां भृशम्। गोग्रहे यज्ञवाटस्य प्रेक्षमाणः स पार्थिवः॥ स्वस्ति गोभ्योऽस्तु लोकेषु ततो निर्वचनं कृतम्। हिंसायां हि प्रवृत्तायामाशीरेषा तु कल्पिता॥