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Chapter 13.72 - Verse 35

Sanskrit Text

अलाभे यो गवां दद्यात्तिलधेनुं यतव्रतः दुर्गात्स तारितो धेन्वा क्षीरनद्यां प्रमोदते

English Translation

If in absence of even a cow made of clarified butter, one makes a gift of a cow made of sesame seeds, observing a vow the while, one succeeds with the help of that cow to get over all calamities in this world and to enjoy great happiness hereafter from these rivers of milk that you see.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अलाभे | यो | गवां | दद्याद् | घृतधेनुं | यम् + व्रत
स | दुर्गात् | तारितो | धेन्वा | क्षीर + नदी | प्रमोदते