पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि गुह्यान्यायतनानि च
All the sacred places and secret shrines that exist on earth—
होतव्यान्यग्निहोत्राणि सायं प्रातर्द्विजातिभिः
The agnihotra sacrifices that must be performed by the twice-born, morning and evening—
यजंते येऽग्निहोत्राणि अन्नैश्च विविधैः सदा
Those who always perform agnihotra sacrifices with various kinds of food—
तेषां त्वादित्यवर्णैश्च विमानैर्जायते गतिः
For them, the path is attained by celestial vehicles shining with the radiance of the sun.
कपिलायाः शिरो ग्रीवां सर्व तीर्थानि भामिनि
O beautiful one, in the head and neck of the Kapila cow are all the sacred places.
प्रातरुत्थाय यो मर्त्यः कपिला गलमस्तकात्
Whoever, rising in the morning, touches the neck and head of the Kapila cow—
स तेन पुण्येनोपेतस्तत्क्षणाद्गतकिल्विषः
He, endowed with that merit, is instantly freed from sin.
कल्य उत्थाय यो मर्त्यः कुर्यात्तासां प्रदक्षिणम्
Whoever, rising in the morning, performs circumambulation of them,
प्रदक्षिणायां चैकायां कृतायां च वसुन्धरे 4.161.
And with even a single circumambulation performed around the earth,
कपिलायास्तु मूत्रेण स्नायाद्वै यः शुचिव्रतः
Whoever, observing purity, bathes with the urine of a tawny cow,
येन स्नानेन चैकेन भवमुक्तो भवेन्नरः
By that single bath, a man becomes liberated from worldly existence.
गोसहस्रं च यो दद्यादेकां वा कपिलां नरः
Whoever gives a thousand cows, or even a single tawny cow,
यश्चैकां कपिलां हन्यान्नरो रज्जुकरो यदि
And whoever kills a single tawny cow, even if he is a rope-maker,
गवां स्थितिं कल्पयेत घृतं गव्यं न दूषयेत्
He should arrange for the protection of cows, and must not pollute cow's ghee.
तुल्यं गोघृतदानस्य भयरोगादिपालनम्
The protection from fear, disease, and the like is equal to the gift of cow's ghee.
तृणादिभक्षणार्थं च गवां दद्याद्धरादिकम्
For the sake of feeding cows with grass and the like, one should provide land and so forth.
दशेह कपिलाः प्रोक्ताः स्वयमेव स्वयंभुवा
These ten tawny cows have been declared by the Self-born Himself.
विमानैर्विविधैर्दिव्यैर्दिव्यकन्याभिरर्चितः
Honored by celestial maidens, he rides in various divine chariots.
सुवर्णकपिला पूर्वा द्वितीया गौरपिङ्गला 4.161.
The first is the golden tawny cow, the second is the fair and reddish one.
पंचमी जुहुवर्णा स्यात्षष्ठी तु घृतपिङ्गला
The fifth is of the color of clarified butter; the sixth is reddish like ghee.
नवमी पाटला ज्ञेया दशमी पुष्पपिङ्गला
The ninth is known as crimson; the tenth is tawny like a flower.
सर्वा ह्येता महाभागास्तारयंति न संशयः
All these are greatly fortunate; they surely deliver (one), without doubt.
एवमेतास्तु कपिलाः पापघ्न्यश्च वसुन्धरे
Thus, these tawny cows, O Earth, are destroyers of sin.
अग्निज्वालोज्ज्वलैः शृंगैः प्रदीप्तांगारलोचना
With horns blazing like fire, and eyes like glowing embers,
तामाग्नेय्यां सदा दद्याद्ब्राह्मणायेतरैः सदा
One should always give that Agneya cow to a Brahmin, and never to others.
पतितश्च भवेन्नित्यं चंडालसदृशः पुमान्
Otherwise, a man becomes fallen, always like a Chandala.
द्वारांते परिहर्तव्या कपिला गौर्द्विजेतरैः
A Kapila cow should be avoided at the doorway by non-Brahmins.
असंभाष्याश्च पतिताः शूद्रास्ते पापकर्मिणः अमेध्यं भुञ्जतेऽतस्तां नोपजीवेद्द्विजेतरः
Those fallen Shudras, evil-doers, who eat impure food, are not to be spoken with; therefore, a non-Brahmin should not subsist on her.
तासां घृतं च क्षीरं वा नवनीतमथापि वा 4.161.
The ghee, milk, or even butter from those cows—
कपिलाजीविनः शूद्राः सर्वे गच्छंति रौरवम्
All Shudras who live off Kapila cows go to Raurava hell.