Formerly in the golden age, I had expressed my approval of these creatures, Afterwards Brahman, sprung from the primeval lotus, requested me (to show kindness towards kine).
मया ह्येता ह्यनुज्ञाताः पूर्वमासन् कृते युगे। ततोऽहमनुनीतो वै ब्रह्मणा पद्मयोनिना॥