Bhishma said Kine are the foremost of all objects. They are highly sacred and they save men. With their milk and with the Havi manufactured therefrom, kine sustain all creatures in the universe.
भीष्म उवाच गावो महार्थाः पुण्याश्च तारयन्ति च मानवान्। धारयन्ति प्रजाश्चमा हविषा पयसा तथा॥