Institutes of Vishnu — LXXXVIII.

LXXXVIII. | Internet Sacred Text ArchiveSacred Texts Hinduism Index Previous Next # LXXXVIII. 1. A cow in the act of bringing forth a young one is (comparable to) the earth. 2. By bestowing such a cow upon a Brâhma*n*a, after having decked her with ornaments, he obtains the same reward as if he were to bestow the earth (upon him), [6. See LXVIII, 6, note. LXXXVIII. 1. Y. I, 207.--4. Y. I, 206.] 3. There is a stanza in regard to this subject: 4. 'One who full of faith and with intense application of mind gives away a pregnant cow, enters heaven for as many Yugas (or ages of the world) as that cow and her calf together have hairs on their bodies.' Next: LXXXIX.