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695 51 c.⌋ We are to make the combination kurve ’ti. ⌊As to the marking of cattle's ears, cf. vi. 141. 2 and note, and Zimmer, p. 234. In a marginal note, W. compares MS. iv. 2. 9 (p. 3$15$). The MS. passage and this vs. and the root akṣ are discussed by Delbrück, Gurupūjākaumudī, p. 48-49.—Ppp. puts the vs. between 4 and 5.⌋

7. If, for any one's advantage, any one cuts off the tail-tuft of her, then his colts die, and the wolf slays his calves.

8. If of her, while being with her master, a crow hath vexed (hīḍ) the hair, then his boys die, [and] the yákṣma visits him unexpectedly (?).

9. If the lye, the dung of her a barbarian woman flings together, then is born what is deformed, what will not escape from that sin.

10. When being born, the cow (vaçā́) is born for (abhí) the gods together with the Brahmans; therefore she is to be given to the priests (brahmán); that people call the guarding (gópana) of one's possessions.

11. They who come to the winning (vaní) of her, theirs is the god-made cow ⌊vaçā́⌋; they called it bráhman-scathing, if anyone keeps her to himself.

12. Whoever is not willing to give the cow (gó) of the gods to the sons of seers that ask for her, he falls under the wrath of the gods and the fury of the Brahmans.

13. Whatever may be his use for the cow (vaçā́-), he should then seek another [cow]; she, ungiven, harms a man, if he is not willing to give her when asked for.