षडायतां सुपार्श्वोरुं त्रिपृथुं पञ्च संवृताम् ॥
मण्डूकनेत्रां स्वाकारां पीनोधसम् अनिन्दिताम् ॥
सुवालधिं शङ्कुकर्णां चारुशृङ्गां मनोरमाम् ॥
पुष्टायतशिरोग्रीवां विस्मितः सो ऽभिवीक्ष्य ताम् ॥
अभिनन्दति तां नन्दीं वसिष्ठस्य पयस्विनीम् ॥
अब्रवीच् च भृशं तुष्टो विश्वामित्रो मुनिं तदा ॥
अर्बुदेन गवां ब्रह्मन् मम राज्येन वा पुनः ॥
नन्दिनीं संप्रयच्छस्व भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं महामुने ॥
ṣaḍāyatāṃ supārśvoruṃ tripṛthuṃ pañca saṃvṛtām ||
maṇḍūkanetrāṃ svākārāṃ pīnodhasam aninditām ||
suvāladhiṃ śaṅkukarṇāṃ cāruśṛṅgāṃ manoramām ||
puṣṭāyataśirogrīvāṃ vismitaḥ so 'bhivīkṣya tām ||
abhinandati tāṃ nandīṃ vasiṣṭhasya payasvinīm ||
abravīc ca bhṛśaṃ tuṣṭo viśvāmitro muniṃ tadā ||
arbudena gavāṃ brahman mama rājyena vā punaḥ ||
nandinīṃ saṃprayacchasva bhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ mahāmune ||
"Amazed, having gazed upon that cow -- with wondrous attributes, of fair form, with a full udder, a beautiful tail, splendid horns, delightful -- Vishvamitra was delighted with the milch Nandi of Vasishtha, and, greatly pleased, said to the sage: 'For a hundred million cows, O brahmin, or else for my kingdom, give me Nandini; enjoy my kingdom, O great sage.'"
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Here admiration is reborn as greed. It is significant that the king, having enjoyed the gifts of the cow, at once desires to possess her, offering immense wealth and even his kingdom: having tasted a blessing, the greedy one is not satisfied but craves to seize its source. Here the nature of greed is laid bare: it turns gratitude into covetousness, a gift into an object of seizure. Thus the scripture shows how another's wealth awakens envy -- and Vasishtha's generosity, having given the king everything, has awakened in him an unworthy passion for possession.