The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 1.7.11

1.7.11

gauḥ yā vṛṣeṇa saṃdhīyate sā saṃdhinī | vaśāṃ vandhyāṃ vijānīyād vṛṣākrāntāṃ ca saṃdhinīm iti trikāṇḍīsmaraṇāt | yā caikāṃ velām atikramya duhyate, yā ca vatsāntareṇa saṃdhīyate, sāpi saṃdhinī | prasūtā saty anatikrāntadaśāhā anirdaśā | mṛtavatsā avatsā | saṃdhinī ca anirdaśā ca avatsā ca saṃdhinyanirdaśāvatsāstāś ca gāvaś ca tāsāṃ payaḥ kṣītaṃ parivarjayet | saṃdhinīgrahaṇaṃ saṃdhinīyamalasuvor upalakṣaṇārtham | yathāha gautamaḥ: syandinīyamasūsaṃdhinīnāṃ ca (GDh 17.25) iti | sravatpayaḥstanī syandinī | yamalasūr yamalaprasavinī | evam ajāmahiṣyoś cānirdaśayoḥ payo varjayet | gomahiṣyajānām anirdaśānām (VaDh 14.35) iti vasiṣṭhasmaraṇāt | payograhaṇāt tadvikārāṇām api dadhyādīnāṃ niṣedhaḥ | na hi māṃsaniṣedhe tadvikārāṇām aniṣedho yuktaḥ | vikāraniṣedhe tu prakṛter aniṣedhaḥ | payoniṣedhāc chakṛnmūtrāder aniṣedhaḥ | uṣṭrāj jātam auṣṭraṃ payomūtrādi | ekaśaphā vaḍavādayaḥ tatprabhavam aikaśapham | strībhavaṃ straiṇam | strīgrahaṇam ajāvyatiriktasakaladvistanīnām upalakṣaṇārtham, sarvāsāṃ dvistanīnāṃ kṣīram abhojyam ajāvarjam iti śaṅkhasmaraṇāt | araṇye bhavā āraṇyakās tadīyam āraṇyakaṃ kṣīraṃ māhiṣavyatirekeṇa |

A cow that is mated with a bull is a *saṃdhinī*. For there is the recollection in the *Trikāṇḍī*: 'One should know a barren cow as *vaśā*, and one mounted by a bull as *saṃdhinī*.' And one that is milked after skipping a milking time, or one that is made to yield milk with another's calf, is also a *saṃdhinī*. An *anirdaśā* is one that has calved but whose ten days have not passed. An *avatsā* is one whose calf has died. A cow that is a *saṃdhinī*, an *anirdaśā*, or an *avatsā*—one should avoid the milk, that is, the fluid, of these cows. The mention of *saṃdhinī* is indicative of both a *saṃdhinī* and one that gives birth to twins. As Gautama says: 'And of a flowing-milked cow, one giving birth to twins, and a *saṃdhinī*' (GDh 17.25). A *syandinī* is one whose milk flows spontaneously from the udder. A *yamalasū* is one giving birth to twins. In the same way, one should avoid the milk of a goat and a buffalo within ten days of calving, from the recollection of Vasiṣṭha: 'Of cows, buffaloes, and goats that have not passed ten days' (VaDh 14.35). Because of the mention of 'milk', its products such as curd and the like are also forbidden. For when meat is forbidden, it is not reasonable that its products would not be forbidden. But when a product is forbidden, the primary substance is not forbidden; thus, by the prohibition of milk, dung, urine, and the like are not prohibited. *Auṣṭra* means milk, urine, and so forth derived from a camel. 'Single-hoofed' are mares and the like; what originates from them is *aikaśapha*. What comes from a woman is *straiṇa*. The mention of 'woman' is indicative of all two-teated females other than the goat, from the recollection of Śaṅkha: 'The milk of all two-teated females is unfit to be consumed, except for the goat.' Forest-born are wild animals; what belongs to them is wild (*āraṇyaka*) milk, except for that of the buffalo,