History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.214

v7.c93.214

Medhātithi remarks that smṛtis sometimes state¹⁹⁷⁰ that the gift of a single cow yields all rewards and relieves from sins with the result that fruits of great religious acts and of slight ones would be deemed to be the same but it should be understood that the rewards differ in their duration; otherwise, no one would engage in great or difficult rites.