सैषा भीमा ब्रह्मगव्यघविषा साक्षात्कृत्या कूल्बजमावृता
This is the terrible cow of Brahman, poison-mouthed, manifestly dreadful, wrapped with the riverbank grass.
सर्वाण्यस्यां घोराणि सर्वे च मृत्यवः
All horrors are in her, and all deaths.
सर्वाण्यस्यां क्रूराणि सर्वे पुरुषवधाः
All cruel deeds, all acts of killing a person, are within her.
सा ब्रह्मज्यं देवपीयुं ब्रह्मगव्यादीयमाना मृत्योः पड्वीश आ द्यति
She, being struck by the slayer of Brahmins, the devourer of the gods, is cast down by the lord of death.
मेनिः शतवधा हि सा ब्रह्मज्यस्य क्षितिर्हि सा
She is a stain with a hundred wounds; she is the earth of the Brahmin-slayer.
तस्माद्वै ब्राह्मणानां गौर्दुराधर्षा विजानता
Therefore, the cow of the Brahmins is not to be violated by one who understands.
वज्रो धावन्ती वैश्वानर उद्वीता
The thunderbolt, running, is kindled by Vaiśvānara.
हेतिः शफान् उत्खिदन्ती महादेवोऽपेक्षमाणा
A missile, digging out hooves, waits for the great god.
क्षुरपविरीक्षमाणा वाश्यमानाभि स्फूर्जति
Sharpened like a razor, being watched, it quivers when struck.
मृत्युर्हिङ्कृण्वत्युग्रो देवः पुच्छं पर्यस्यन्ती
Death, fierce, making a sound, the god, circles around the tail.
सर्वज्यानिः कर्णौ वरीवर्जयन्ती राजयक्ष्मो मेहन्ती
The all-conquering one, avoiding the ears, shuns the best, royal disease, urinating.
मेनिर्दुह्यमाना शीर्षक्तिर्दुग्धा
The stain, being milked, the head-cutting one, is milked out.
सेदिरुपतिष्ठन्ती मिथोयोधः परामृष्टा
The seat, standing up, mutually fighting, is touched.
शरव्या मुखेऽपिनह्यमान ऋतिर्हन्यमाना
The arrow, pressed at the mouth, the order, being struck.
अघविषा निपतन्ती तमो निपतिता
Poisonous, falling down, darkness has fallen.
अनुगच्छन्ती प्राणान् उप दासयति ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यस्य
Following the breaths, she brings near the Brahmin-cow of the Brahmin-slayer.
वैरं विकृत्यमाना पौत्राद्यं विभाज्यमाना
Enmity, being transformed, the inheritance from the grandson, being divided.
देवहेतिर्ह्रियमाणा व्यृद्धिर्हृता
The divine missile, being taken away, increase is taken.
पाप्माधिधीयमाना पारुष्यमवधीयमाना
Sin, being placed, harshness, being killed.
विषं प्रयस्यन्ती तक्मा प्रयस्ता
Poison, being thrown, fever, cast down.
अघं प्रच्यमाना दुष्वप्न्यं पक्वा
Evil, destruction, and bad dreams ripen.
मूलबर्हणी पर्याक्रियमाणा क्षितिः पर्याकृता
The earth, uprooted at its roots, is overturned.
असंज्ञा गन्धेन शुगुद्ध्रियमाणाशीविष उद्धृता
Without consciousness, with its fragrance removed, venomous snakes are lifted out.
अभूतिरुपह्रियमाणा पराभूतिरुपहृता
Loss is carried away, and defeat is taken away.
शर्वः क्रुद्धः पिश्यमाना शिमिदा पिशिता
Śarva, enraged, crushes; the flesh is crushed.
अवर्तिरश्यमाना निर्ऋतिरशिता
Nirṛti, devourer, devours and is devoured.
अशिता लोकाच्छिनत्ति ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यमस्माच्चामुष्माच्च
She who devours cuts off worlds; the cow of Brahman, the Brahman-wife, from here and from there.
तस्या आहननं कृत्या मेनिराशसनं वलग ऊबध्यम्
Her killing is by witchcraft; Menirā's command binds tightly.
अस्वगता परिह्णुता
She is deprived of her own, abandoned.
अग्निः क्रव्याद्भूत्वा ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यं प्रविश्यात्ति
Agni, becoming flesh-eating, enters and devours the cow of Brahman, the Brahman-wife.