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Consider the Source

 

O inviolable cow, eat grass and drink pure

 

water as you graze forever.

 

Rig Veda 1.164, v.40

 

David Frawley, Vedic scholar, has written, “The female cow is called aghnya,

meaning ‘not to be killed,’ and aditi meaning ‘not to be cut or divided.’ This

shows a non-killing of cows in the time of the Rig Veda. The cow is a very

sacred animal in the hymns from the beginning and is everywhere glorified and

revered. The Vedic culture is the culture of the cow.” Bri. Maya Tiwari has

written, “In Sanskrit, every name portends the cosmic meaning of the bearer’s

relationship to the earth. The cow is called go. Go is also the name for the

earth and the holy scriptures. Lord Krishna was called Gopala, the one who

protects the cows. ‘Protecting the cow’ is a common and ancient expression used

to infer the protection of the scriptures, the nurturing of the land, and the

celebration of the cow, who is the manifest keeper of the memory of the earth’s

spiritual dharmas.”