Among mobile creatures Brahmanas are superior. The sacrifices are all established upon them. Sacrifice has been established upon cows. The gods become gratified through sacrifices. It is from the cows that the means have flowed of the sustenance of all the worlds.
Cows are auspicious and sacred, and grantor of every wish and givers of life.
They who make gifts of cows, and who subsist upon the remnants of things offered as libations on the sacred fire, are regarded, as always performing sacrifices of every kind. Of all kinds of gifts, the gift of cows is applauded as the highest. Cows are the foremost of all things. Themselves sacred, they are the best of cleansers and sanctifiers. People should cherish cows for obtaining prosperity and even peace.