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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.15.25

స వై రత్నం తు తద్ దృష్ట్వా ఆత్మైశ్వర్యాతిశాయనమ్ । తన్నాద్రియతాగ్నిహోత్ర్యాం సాభిలాష: సహైహయ: ॥ ౨౫ ॥
sa vai ratnaṁ tu tad dṛṣṭvā
[sa vai ratnam tu tad drishtvaa]
ātmaiśvaryātiśāyanam
[aatmaishvaryaatishaayanam]
tan nādriyatāgnihotryāṁ
[tan naadriyataagnihotryaam]
sābhilāṣaḥ sahaihayaḥ
[saabhilaashah sahaihayah]
saḥ — he (Kārtavīryārjuna) vai — indeed ratnam — a great source of wealth tu — indeed tat — the kāmadhenu in the possession of Jamadagni dṛṣṭvā — by observing ātma-aiśvarya — his own personal opulence ati-śāyanam — which was exceeding tat — that na — not ādriyata — appreciated very much agnihotryām — in that cow, which was useful for executing the agnihotra sacrifice sa-abhilāṣaḥ — became desirous sa-haihayaḥ — with his own men, the Haihayas.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa vai ratnaṁ tu tad dṛṣṭvā
saḥ
he (Kārtavīryārjuna)
vai
indeed
ratnam
a great source of wealth
tu
indeed
tat
the kāmadhenu in the possession of Jamadagni
dṛṣṭvā
by observing
ātmaiśvaryātiśāyanam
ātma-aiśvarya
his own personal opulence
ati-śāyanam
which was exceeding
tan nādriyatāgnihotryāṁ
tat
that
na
not
ādriyata
appreciated very much
agnihotryām
in that cow, which was useful for executing the agnihotra sacrifice
sābhilāṣaḥ sahaihayaḥ
sa-abhilāṣaḥ
became desirous
sa-haihayaḥ
with his own men, the Haihayas.
Kārtavīryārjuna thought that Jamadagni was more powerful and wealthy than himself because of possessing a jewel in the form of the kāmadhenu. Therefore he and his own men, the Haihayas, were not very much appreciative of Jamadagni’s reception. On the contrary, they wanted to possess that kāmadhenu, which was useful for the execution of the agnihotra sacrifice.

Jamadagni was more powerful than Kārtavīryārjuna because of performing the agnihotra-yajṣa with clarified butter received from the kāmadhenu. Not everyone can be expected to possess such a cow. Nonetheless, an ordinary man may possess an ordinary cow, give protection to this animal, take sufficient milk from it, and engage the milk to produce butter and ghee, especially for performing the agnihotra-yajṣa. This is possible for everyone. Thus we find that in Bhagavad-gītā Lord Kṛṣṇa advises go-rakṣya, the protection of cows. This is essential because if cows are cared for properly they will surely supply sufficient milk. We have practical experience in America that in our various ISKCON farms we are giving proper protection to the cows and receiving more than enough milk. In other farms the cows do not deliver as much milk as in our farms; because our cows know very well that we are not going to kill them, they are happy, and they give ample milk. Therefore this instruction given by Lord Kṛṣṇa — go-rakṣya — is extremely meaningful. The whole world must learn from Kṛṣṇa how to live happily without scarcity simply by producing food grains ( annād bhavanti bhūtāni ) and giving protection to the cows ( go-rakṣya ). Kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaṁ vaiśya-karma svabhāvajam. Those who belong to the third level of human society, namely the mercantile people, must keep land for producing food grains and giving protection to cows. This is the injunction of Bhagavad-gītā. In the matter of protecting the cows, the meat-eaters will protest, but in answer to them we may say that since Kṛṣṇa gives stress to cow protection, those who are inclined to eat meat may eat the flesh of unimportant animals like hogs, dogs, goats and sheep, but they should not touch the life of the cows, for this is destructive to the spiritual advancement of human society.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Kārtavīryārjuna, seeing the valuable cow, which greatly exceeded his own wealth, did not care for the reception. He with his men desired the cow. Seeing the jewel of the kāma-dhenu by which Jamadagni could worship properly, he did not care for the worship, because he desired the cow.
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