As a gift yields merit, so an act of spoliation brings on to demerit. Hence also, O Yudhishthira one should avoid doing any injury to kine.
प्रदानफलवत् तत्र द्रोहस्तत्र तथाफलः। अपचारं गवां तस्माद् वर्जयेत युधिष्ठिर।॥