What according to the Vedas was the punishment for those who foster enmity?
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Which one among the rain-cloud cows, the earth cows, the verse-cows, the river-cows, the solar cows, the knowledge cows, the gavyas called cows, earthly cows?
If you meant any others other than earthly cows, they are as follows :
The rain cloud bulls are usually killed by Indra, the Agni matures them, Indra eats their fat.
The earth cow is merely treated as a property.
The verse-cows are specially “slaughtered”, with the names of body parts poetically associated with poetic and cosmic parts, for the Viśvedevas. Though this daring act is done by the poet-sages, who painfully create a hymn to “sacrifice” it to the deities. These cows mingle with bull soma, and milk the dakṣiṇā.
The river-cows are killed or maintained by nature. We don’t do anything. Though if we do something against them, it will affect us ourselves, since we go against Ṛta.
The solar cows are killed or weakened during winter. (Maghā month) During end of spring they carry the power of sunlight. (Arjunyoḥ paryuhyate - RV 10.85.13)
The knowledge cows are usually not killed. Rather, you search for them and keep them as possessions. One good way is to fight against the darkness of ignorance which blinds and covers you. (√vṛ) Indra will give you these cows. These are aghnyās. (They are not to be killed)
Gavyas called cows are usually mixed with meal, creating gavāśiras, a meal obtained by mixing milk, ghee with barley. A Vedic preparation, commonly mentioned.
Now, coming to earthly cows.
Vedas don’t talk about killing earthly cows usually (they usually cover the complicated dismantling of the verse cows to formulas, and offering it to devas as the gift of the poet-sage) but there are portions where Vedas talk directly about earthly cows.
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Daṇḍa is the Hindu term for punishment. In ancient India, punishments were generally ... According to the Mahabharata, people only engage in their lawful activities for fear of punishment by the king, in the afterlife, or from others. ... down if a Sishta, a Brahmin who had studied the Veda, declares the act to be a crime.
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