From them originate sacrifices and Havya and Kavya, and milk and curds and clarified butter. Hence, O chief of the celestials, kine are sacred. Stricken with hunger and thirst, they carry various burthens.
ततो यज्ञाः प्रवर्तन्ते हव्यं कव्यं च सर्वशः॥ पयोदधिधृतं चैव पुण्याश्चैताः सुराधिप। वहन्ति विविधान् भारान् क्षुत्तृष्णापरिपीडिताः॥