Kine are endued with great power, They are givers of boons. If adored, they would grant boons. That person who gives food to kine even for a single day, receives from those beneficent creatures, for that deed, a fourth part of the merits he may acquire by all his good acts in life.
महाप्रभावा वरदा वरं दधुरुपासिताः। ता गावोऽस्यानुमन्यन्ते सर्वकर्मसु यत् फलम्॥ तस्य तत्र चतुर्भागो यो ददाति गवाह्निकम्॥