Why also is gold considered as a purifier superior to earth itself and kine? Why, indeed, is it considered so superior as a sacrificial present? Do you, O grandfather, describe to me all this.
कस्माच्च पावनं श्रेष्ठं भूमेर्गोभ्यश्च काञ्चनम्। परमं दक्षिणार्थे च तद् ब्रवीहि पितामह॥