villagers live happily

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TRANSLATION

Thereafter, mother Yaçodä and Rohiëé, along with the other elderly gopés,

waved about the switch of a cow to give full protection to the child Çré

Kåñëa.

PURPORT

When Kåñëa was saved from such a great danger, mother Yaçodä and Rohiëé

were principally concerned, and the other elderly gopés, who were almost

equally concerned, followed the activities of mother Yaçodä and Rohiëé.

Here we find that in household affairs, ladies could take charge of

protecting a child simply by taking help from the cow. As described here,

they knew how to wave about the switch of a cow so as to protect the child

from all types of danger. There are so many facilities afforded by cow

protection, but people have forgotten these arts. The importance of

protecting cows is therefore stressed by Kåñëa in Bhagavad-gétä

(kåñi-go-rakñya-väëijyaà vaiçya-karma svabhävajam [bg. 18.44]). Even now in

the Indian villages surrounding Våndävana, the villagers live happily

simply by giving protection to the cow. They keep cow dung very carefully

and dry it to use as fuel. They keep a sufficient stock of grains, and

because of giving protection to the cows, they have sufficient milk and

milk products to solve all economic problems. Simply by giving protection

to the cow, the villagers live so peacefully. Even the urine and stool of

cows have medicinal value.

 

============ REF. SB 10.6.19