Adi Parva 99.16
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Adi Parva Chapter 99 · Verse 16
Sanskrit Original
प्रियं प्रियतरं ह्यस्मानास्ति मेऽन्यत् कथंचन। एतच्छुत्वा वचस्तस्या देव्याः प्रियचिकीर्षया॥ पृथ्वाद्यैर्धातृभिः सार्धं द्यौस्तदा तां जहार गाम्। तया कमलपत्राक्ष्या नियुक्तो द्यौस्तदा नृप॥ ऋषेस्तस्य तपस्तीनं न शशाक निरीक्षितुम्। हृता गौः सा तदा तेन प्रपातस्तु न तर्कितः॥
"There is nothing which would be more agreeable to me." Having heard her these words, Dyo, in order to please that celestial lady, stole the cow with the help of Prithu and his other brothers. O king, commanded by his lotus-eyed wife, Dyo did her bidding, for getting the great ascetic merits of the Rishi who owned her (the cow). He did not know then that he would have to fall foe the sin of stealing the cow.