### CC Adi 17.161

> অতএব জরদ্গব মারে মুনিগণ ।\
> বেদমন্ত্রে সিদ্ধ করে তাহার জীবন ॥১৬১॥

> ataeva jarad-gava māre muni-gaṇa\
> veda-mantre siddha kare tāhāra jīvana

*ataeva*—therefore; *jarad-gava*—old animals; *māre*—killed; *muni-gaṇa*—sages; *veda-mantre*—by the power of Vedic hymns; *siddha*—rejuvenated; *kare*—makes; *tāhāra*—his; *jīvana*—life.

**"Therefore the great sages sometimes killed old cows, and by chanting Vedic hymns they again brought them to life for perfection.**