While thus walking, O Partha, he inadvertently and unwittingly killed the Homa Cow of a certain Brahmavadin who daily performed his Agnihotra rite.
सोऽग्निहोत्रप्रसक्तस्य कस्यचिद् ब्रह्मवादिनः। जघानाज्ञानतः पार्थ होमधेनुं यदृच्छया।॥