Bhishma said Having first bowed to kine and purified himself, the learned Vashishtha described to king Saudasa who stood before him with head bent in reverence, the mystery about kine, a subject that is fraught with results highly beneficial to all persons.
भीष्म उवाच तस्मै प्रोवाच वचनं प्रणताय हितं तदा। गवामुपनिषद्विद्वान् नमस्कृत्य गवां शुचिः॥