Shloka 16
Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda
Kārttikeya
बेटा! वरदान मिलनेके पश्चात् गौओंके सींग प्रकट हो गये। जिसके मनमें जैसे सींगकी इच्छा थी, उसके वैसे ही हो गये। नाना प्रकारके रूप-रंग और सींगसे युक्त हुई उन गौओंकी बड़ी शोभा होने लगी ।। ब्रह्मणा वरदत्तास्ता हव्यकव्यप्रदा: शुभा: | पुण्या: पवित्रा: सुभगा दिव्यसंस्थानलक्षणा:,ब्रह्माजीका वरदान पाकर गौएँ मंगलमयी, हव्य-कव्य प्रदान करनेवाली, पुण्यजनक, पवित्र, सौभाग्यवती तथा दिव्य अंगों एवं लक्षणोंसे सम्पन्न हुईं
brahmaṇā varadattās tā havyakavyapradāḥ śubhāḥ | puṇyāḥ pavitrāḥ subhagā divyasaṃsthānalakṣaṇāḥ ||
Vyāsa said: “Having received Brahmā’s boon, the cows’ horns appeared. Whatever kind of horns each one desired in her mind, just so did they become. Endowed with many forms and colors and furnished with horns, those cows grew exceedingly splendid. By Brahmā’s gift they became auspicious and beneficent—able to provide offerings for the gods (havis) and for the ancestors (kavya). They were holy and purifying, blessed with good fortune, and marked by a divine form and distinctive signs.”
व्यास उवाच