गां च धर्मदुघां दीनां भृशं शूद्रपदाहताम् । विवत्सामाश्रुवदनां क्षामां यवसमिच्छतीम् ॥ ३ ॥
gam ca dharma-dugham dinam bhrsam sudra-padahatam vivatsam asru-vadanam ksamam yavasam icchatim
- gam
- the cow
- ca
- also
- dharma-dugham
- beneficial because one can draw religion from her
- dinam
- now rendered poor
- bhrsam
- distressed
- sudra
- the lower caste
- pada-ahatam
- beaten on the legs
- vivatsam
- without any calf
- asru-vadanam
- with tears in her eyes
- ksamam
- very weak
- yavasam
- grass
- icchatim
- as if desiring to have some grass to eat.
Although the cow is beneficial because one can draw religious principles from her, she was now rendered poor and calfless. Her legs were being beaten by a sudra. There were tears in her eyes, and she was distressed and weak. She was hankering after some grass in the field.