Dhritarashtra said He who, having a thousand kine, gives away a hundred kine every year, or having a hundred kine gives away ten every year to the best of his power, or possessing only ten or even five kine gives away therefrom one cow, and they who give a mature old age practising the vow of celibacy all their days, who obey the injunctions of the Vedas, and who, gifted with energy of mind, go to sacred waters and shrines, live happily in the region of kine.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच यो गोसहस्री शतदः समां समां गवां शती दश दद्याच्च शक्त्या। तथा दशभ्यो यश्च दद्यादिहैका पञ्चभ्यो वा दानशीलस्तथैकाम्॥ ये जीर्यन्ते ब्रह्मचर्येण विप्रा ब्राह्मीं वाचं परिरक्षन्ति चैव। स्ते तत्र मोदन्ति गवां निवासे॥