Markandeyapurana 29.12

29.12

teṣāmucchedakartā ca yo naro 'tyantapāpakṛt /
sa tamasyāndhatāmistre tāmistre ca nimajjati //

“The support of everything is this cow, my child, which consists of the three Vedas, in which the universe is established, and which is believed to be the cause of the universe. Her back is the Ṛg-Veda; her loins the Yajur-Veda; her face and neck the Sāma-Veda; and her horns are pious acts; her hair the excellent words of the good; her ordure and urine are tranquillity and prosperity; she is supported on feet which are the four classes; she is the sustenance of the worlds; being imperishable she does not wane. The word svāhā,[1] and the word svadhā,[2] and the word vaṣaṭ, my son, and the other word hanta are her[3] four teats. The gods drink of the teat which is the word svāhā; and the pitṛs of that consisting of svadhā; and the Munis of that which is the word vaṣaṭ; the gods, living things and Asuras, and mankind drink constantly of the teat which is the word hanta. Thus this cow consisting of the three Vedas, my child, fattens them. And the man, who grievously sinning causes their destruction, sinks into the hell Tamas,[4] the hell Andhatāmisra[5] and the hell Tāmisra.[6] And the man, who gives this cow drink with his own children and with the immortals and other objects of worship at the proper time, attains Svarga.