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गाः प्रकाल्यमाना अनुमन्त्रयेतेमा मे विश्वतो वीर्य इति १

1. ¹ When his cows are driven out, he should repeat (the verse), ‘May (Bhava), the all-valiant one, (and Indra protect) these (cows) for me’ (MB. I, 8, 1).

प्रत्यागता इमा मधुमतीर्मह्यमिति २

2. When they have come back, (he should repeat the verse), ‘These which are rich in sweet’ (ibid. 2).

पुष्टिकामः प्रथमजातस्य वत्सस्य प्राङ्मातुः प्रलेहनाज्जिह्वया ललाटमुल्लिह्य निगिरेद्गवां श्लेष्मासीति ३

3. If he is desirous of thriving (in his cattle), he should lick with his tongue the forehead of the firstborn calf, before it is licked by its mother, and should gulp with (the formula), ‘Thou art the phlegm of the cows’ (ibid. 3).

पुष्टिकाम एव सम्प्रजातासु निशायां गोष्ठेऽग्निमुपसमाधाय विलयनं जुहुयात्सङ्ग्रहण सङ्गृहाणेति ४

4. If he is desirous of thriving (in his cattle), he should, when the cows have calved, at night put wood on the fire in the cow-stable and should sacrifice churned curds with drops of ghee, with (the verse), ‘Seizer, seize’ (ibid. 4).

पुष्टिकाम एव सम्प्रजातास्वौदुम्बरेणासिना वत्समिथुनयोर्लक्षणं करोति पुँ स एवाग्रेऽथ स्त्रिया भुवनमसि साहस्रमिति ५

5. If he is desirous of thriving (in his cattle), he makes, when the cows have calved, with a sword of Udumbara wood, marks on a male and on a female calf, first on the male, then on the female, with (the Mantra), ‘The world art thou, thousandfold’ (ibid. 5. 6),

कृत्वा चानुमन्त्रयेत लोहितेन स्वधितिनेति ६

6. And after he has done so, he should recite (over the two calves the Mantra), ‘With metal, with the butcher’s knife’ (ibid. 7).

तन्त्रीं प्रसार्यमाणां बद्धवत्सां चानुमन्त्रयेतेयं तन्ती गवां मातेति ७

7. When the rope (to which the calves are bound) is spread out, and (again) when the calves have been bound to it, he should recite over it (the verse), ‘This rope, the mother of the cows’ (ibid. 8).

तत्रैतान्यहरहः कृत्यानि भवन्ति ८

8. Here now the following (rites) have to be performed day by day, (viz.)

निष्कालनप्रवेशने तन्त्रीविहरणमिति ९

9. ² (The rites at) the driving out (of the cows), at the coming back (of the cows), and at the setting into motion of the rope (with the calves).

गोयज्ञे पायसश्चरुः १०

10. At the cow-sacrifice (i.e. the sacrifice by which a thriving condition for the cows is obtained), boiled rice-grains with milk (are offered).

अग्निं यजेत पूषणमिन्द्र मीश्वरम् ११

11. Let him sacrifice to Agni, Pūṣan, Indra, and Īśvara.

ऋषभपूजा १२

12. To the bull honour is done (by adorning it, by lavish food, &c.).

गोयज्ञेनैवा श्वयज्ञो व्याख्यातः १३

13. By the cow-sacrifice also the horse-sacrifice (i.e. the sacrifice by which thriving horses are obtained) has been explained.

यमवरुणौ देवतानामत्राधिकौ १४

14. Of deities Yama and Varuṇa are added here (to the deities stated above) (Sūtra II).

गन्धैरभ्युक्षणं गवां गन्धैरभ्युक्षणं गवाम् १५

15. ³ (After the cow-sacrifice) the cows are besprinkled with scented water; the cows are besprinkled with scented water.