106 - The greatness of Dadhidhenu

The priest said:

1. O king, now listen to the rules of gifts of Dadhidhenu (cow of curd).

2. On the floor smeared with cow dung over the area of a cow’s hide and strewn with flowers, spread kušha grass over an antelope’s skin.

3. Then spread the seven cereals and install a pot of curd, and another, a fourth of its size, to represent the calf.

4. Place on it a pair of clothes and then perform worship with flowers and sandal paste.

5. Give it away to a good-natured Brahmin from a good family and endowed with qualities like patience and the like, holding it by the tail.

6. And giving along with it coins, ear-rings, footwear and umbrella and uttering the mantra dadhikrävno etc.

7. The giver of Dadhidhenu may live on curd alone for a day and the recipient in the same manner for three days.

8. Those who see the giving away of Dadhidhenu also attain salvation.

9. He who listens to this or recites it for others, gets the result equivalent to Ašhvamedha sacrifice and goes to the world of Vishnu.