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CC Adi 17.166



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 166

go-aṅge yata loma, tata sahasra vatsara
go-vadhī raurava-madhye pace nirantara


SYNONYMS

go-aṅge — on the body of the cow; yata — as many; loma — hairs; tata — so many; sahasra — a thousand; vatsara — years; go-vadhī — the killer of a cow; raurava-madhye — in a hellish condition of life; pace — decomposes; nirantara — always.


TRANSLATION

“Cow-killers are condemned to rot in hellish life for as many thousands of years as there are hairs on the body of the cow.