Shloka 8
ब्रह्मस्वहरण-निषेधः — Prohibition of Appropriating Brahmin Property
Brahmasva
जघ्नुस्ता: पयसा पुत्रांस्तथा पौत्रान् विधुन्वती: । पशूनवेक्षमाणाश्च साधुवृत्तेन दम्पती,वे अपहृत हुई गौएँ जब दूसरे पशुओंको देखतीं और अपने स्वामी तथा बछड़ोंको नहीं देखती थीं, तब पीड़ासे अपने शरीरको कँपाने लगती थीं। उन दिनों सद्धावसे ही दूध देकर उन्होंने अपहरणकारी पति-पत्नीको तथा उनके पुत्रों और पौत्रोंको भी नष्ट कर दिया
jaghnustāḥ payasā putrāṁs tathā pautrān vidhunvatīḥ | paśūn avekṣamāṇāś ca sādhuvṛttena dampatī ||
जघ्नुस्ताः पयसा पुत्रांस्तथा पौत्रान् विधुन्वतीः । पशूनवेक्षमाणाश्च साधुवृत्तेन दम्पती ॥
चाण्डाल उवाच
Educational Q&A
A livelihood rooted in adharma—such as theft and exploitation—invites inevitable ruin. The verse frames moral causality: violating rightful ownership and harming dependents (cows and calves) turns even nourishing milk into a means of punishment, emphasizing dharma’s protective and corrective force.
The cows, distressed because they cannot find their owner and calves and are searching among other cattle, tremble in pain. In that state, they bring about the destruction of the abducting/stealing couple and also their sons and grandsons—said to occur through the agency of the cows’ milk.