Kine are said to represent the highest energy both in this world and the next. There is nothing that is more sacred or purifying than kine, O chief of the Bharatas.
गावस्तेजः पर प्रोक्तमिह लोके परत्र च। न गोभ्यः परमं किंचित् पवित्रं भरतर्षभ।॥