Anushasana Parva 83.32
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Anushasana Parva Chapter 83 · Verse 32
Sanskrit Original
न ते परिभवः कार्यो गवामसुरसूदन॥ एतच्छ्रुत्वा सहस्राक्षः पूजयामास नित्यदा। गाश्चक्रे बहुमानं च तासु नित्यं युधिष्ठिर॥ एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं पावनं च महाद्युते। पवित्रं परमं चापि गवां माहात्म्युमुत्तमम्॥ कीर्तितं पुरुषव्याघ्र सर्वपापविमोचनम्। य इदं कथयेन्नित्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः समाहितः॥ हव्यकव्येष यज्ञेषु पितृकार्येषु चैव ह। सार्वकामिकमक्षय्यं पितृस्तस्योपतिष्ठते॥
I have thus told you everything about the purifying character of kine, O you of great splendour. I have expounded to you the sacred and high pre-eminence and glory of kine, that is capable of purifying one from every sin, O chief of men. That man who with senses withdrawn from every other object will recite this account to Brahmanas, on occasions when Havya and Kavya are offered, or at sacrifices, or on occasions of worshipping the departed in succeeds conferring upon his ancestors an endless happiness fraught with the fruition of every desire.