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CC Adi 17.166 (1975)



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.