Prema-Vivahla

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> [Fwd: Prema-vivala]

> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:48:18 -0400

> Noma Petroff <npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu>

> cow (AT) com (DOT) bbt.se, varnasrama (AT) com (DOT) bbt.se

>

> I just had to share with the devotees that my favorite cow,

> Prema-Vivahla has just left her body. I remember so many times milking

> her in the morning, playing Srila Prabhupada's KT-1 tape, hoping she

> would remember it when she left her body.

>

> So many different pastimes with her. She rarely mooed, except when it

> was time for the morning milking. One year she was all decorated for

> Govardhana puja, with silver hooves and a silk mirrored blanket and a

> feather headress and a garland. She was offered puja with Sri Sri

> Radha-Damodara who had come to the barn. She was so mild the whole

> time. Then the children fed molasses and grain balls to each of the

> cows and the Deities circumambulated the whole barn to see each cow. As

> the Deities left the barn, Prema-Vivahla let out a long low moo of

> separation. Now I pray after giving so much milk to Krsna all these

> years that she will be able to join Him and Srimati Radharani in Their

> eternal pastimes.

>

> Balabhadra will remember Prema-Vivahla because I believe he is the one

> who gave her her name from a verse in the Fourth Canto which described

> ecstatic love of Godhead.

>

> your servant,

>

> Hare Krsna dasi

>

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> Prema-vivala

> Tue, 27 Apr 99 10:37 -0400

> "COM: Mangala-arati (dd) BTS (Gita-nagari - USA)"

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> "COM: Hare Krsna dasi (Brunswick, Maine - USA)"

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> [Text 2271433 from COM]

>

> Dear Hare Krishna Prabhu,

>

> Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to ISKCON founder-acarya

> Srila Prabhupada!

>

> One of our beloved cows, Prema-vivala left her body on Saturday. She seemed

> just fine the day before and we found her body the next morning.

> Fortunately, it was quick and she wasn't down for long. She did so much

> service for Sri Sri Radha-Damodara and the devotees...

>

> Mother Kaulini told us that she is quite dear to you and we thought we

> should tell you about her leaving. Her daughter, Vrindavanesvari is now

> pregnant and expecting this fall.

>

> Take care, Prabhu and please let us know if we can serve you in any way.

>

> Hare Krishna.

>

> Your servant for the cows,

>

> mangala-arotik Dasi