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Chapter 13.72 - Verse 30

Sanskrit Text

एकं भक्तमश्नीयाद्दद्यादेकं गवां यत् दश वर्षाण्यनन्तानि गोव्रती गोनुकम्पकः

English Translation

That man who takes only one meal a day and who gives away the entire quantity of his other meal to kine, that man, who thus respects kine with the steadiness of a vow and shows such mercy towards them, enjoys for ten years unlimited happiness.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

य | एकं | भक्तम् | अश्नीयाद् | दद्याद् | एकं | गवां | च | यत्
दश | वर्ष + अनन्त | गो + व्रतिन् | गो + अनुकम्पक