Cows

You brought the good milch-cows to rest on the bank, O Indra, for Yadu and Turvaśa;

That Agni whom I praise is the good one, toward whom the milch-cows come together, toward whom the swift-running coursers come together, toward whom the nobly-born lords come together — bring refreshment to the praisers.

Indra the city-breaker, having drunk, gave back to him the cows, the luminous ones.

Whatever lustre is laid in the dice, and whatever is placed in the Sūrā drink, whatever lustre is in cattle — O Aśvins, with that endow her with lustre.

the milk-nourishment that has entered into the cows — with that we unite this woman.

the fame that has entered into the cows — with that we unite this woman.

In contracting a marriage, one should avoid these ten families, even if they are great and rich in cattle, goats, sheep, wealth, and grain.

The merit which a twice-born householder obtains by giving a cow to his *guru* according to the rule, that same merit he obtains by giving alms.

A field, gold, a cow, a horse, an umbrella and shoes, a seat, grain, vegetables, and clothes—he should bring these to please his *guru*.

The good milch-cows, dripping with ghee, flowing for him who is approaching, roar and rush with their milk.

He who with his might cut free the dawn-cows and those hidden within the rock.

The sweet drops have flowed toward the god, they have flowed like milch-cows to a gathering.

Trespass by a man’s cattle is dealt with exactly like trespass by himself;

The rule does not apply to damage done by cattle straying off a highway on which they are being lawfully driven:

Blackstone says that “a man is answerable for not only his own trespass, but that of his cattle also:

By drinking the milk of a brown cow, by having intercourse with a Brāhmaṇa woman, and by deliberating on the syllables of the Veda, a Śūdra becomes an outcaste (*caṇḍāla*).

A Brāhmaṇa who, out of ignorance, follows a deceased Kṣatriya, becomes impure for one day and is purified by consuming *pañcagavya* (the five products of the cow).

They should give a cow along with a bull to a Brāhmaṇa as a sacrificial fee (*dakṣiṇā*).

Until then, hair from a cow's tail must be worn according to the rule.

If his top-knot is cut by an enemy, he should immediately wear hair from a cow's tail on his ear and, being pure, should perform a Prājāpatya penance.

For neglecting the death anniversary out of delusion, one should perform two *kṛcchra* penances, a recitation of the Gāyatrī ten thousand times, and the gift of a cow.

A fly, a drop of spittle, a shadow, a cow, an elephant, a horse, sunbeams, Dust, the earth, wind, fire, and a cat are always pure.

Cows are a sacred blessing;

A calf is pure when it urinates;

The lord of men, taking Śunaḥśepa for a hundred thousand cows, departed in great joy, O delight of the Raghu line.

"If you would sell a son for a hundred thousand cows for the purpose of the sacrificial animal, O greatly fortunate one, O descendant of Bhṛgu, I shall have fulfilled my purpose.

Then the great sage Trijaṭa, together with his wife, joyfully received the herd of cattle and in return offered to the great-souled one blessings that swelled with fame, strength, joy, and happiness.

When a man enjoys many women altogether, it is called the "congress of a herd of cows.

When a woman stands on her hands and feet like a quadruped, and her lover mounts her like a bull, it is called the "congress of a cow.

They are not however on this account to be abandoned, because religious law, on the authority of which they are reckoned pure, lays down that the udder of a cow is clean at the time of milking, though the mouth of a cow, and also the mouth of her calf, are considered unclean by the Hindoos.

A statement (vākya) is a collection of words, as in 'bring the cow.

The instrument of comparative cognition is upamāna (comparison).

Goat, sheep, and cattle dung, and likewise all other dung, keep carefully.

And he laughed at those who, when they were thirsty, passed the springs by, but sought by all means where they might buy Chian or Lesbian wine, and he said they were far more witless than the cattle;

his fruitful land is laden with corn, his pastures are covered with cattle, and his house is filled with good things.

But, the court, instead of considering the precedents in relation to the concurrent right of taxation, have insisted at large upon those which relate to the constitutionality of banking, and adhered to the precedent of searching for a goose, when the thing lost was a cow.

For instance, if the slave is a cowherd, you say the rhapsode will know what the other should say to pacify his cows when they get fierce, but the cowherd will not?

Cato therefore sent out thither by land in the winter season, having got together a great number of asses to carry water, and driving along with him many cattle.

Meanwhile Castor, together with Polydeuces, are caught stealing the cattle of Idas and Lynceus;

After that he drives off the cattle of Aeneas, and he sacks Lyrnessus and Pedasus and many of the surrounding cities, and he kills Troilus.

Of cows of many colors the milk yet has [but] one color;

> In the year, the daily ancestral rite, and the daily giving, / > of a cow, land, sesame, and gold, should be performed even in an intercalary month.

Now, as for *Vāyavya*, it is bathing characterized by covering the body up to the head, caused by the dust from the hooves of cows.

[VS_appendix-17s-cd] *Brāhmya is indeed bathing with mantra, and Vāyavya is the dust of cows.

nor noted, madman, how the Rutule King had burst in midmost of the line, and now stood prisoned in their wall, as if he were some monstrous tiger among helpless kine.

And in addition to this, we reflected that cowherds are the rulers of their cattle, that grooms are the rulers of their horses, and that all who are called herdsmen might properly be regarded as the rulers of the animals over which they are placed in charge.

so that men have victims for propitiating the gods with sacrifice and cattle for their own use.

Wealth, of course, and much more so than cattle, if it be true that they are more profitable than cattle.

Know of a surety that right-minded men offer prayer for fruits and crops and cattle and horses and sheep, aye and for all that they possess.