Le Cow Quote Du Jour # 74

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TRANSLATION

The residents of the material world who enjoy the products of these flowing

rivers have no wrinkles on their bodies and no grey hair. They never feel

fatigue, and perspiration does not give their bodies a bad odor. They are

not afflicted by old age, disease or untimely death, they do not suffer from

chilly cold or scorching heat, nor do their bodies lose their luster. They

all live very happily, without anxieties, until death.

 

PURPORT

This verse hints at the perfection of human society even within this

material world. The miserable conditions of this material world can be

corrected by a sufficient supply of milk, yogurt, honey, ghee, molasses,

food grains, ornaments, bedding, sitting places and so on. This is human

civilization. Ample food grains can be produced through agricultural

enterprises, and profuse supplies of milk, yogurt and ghee can be arranged

through cow protection. Abundant honey can be obtained if the forests are

protected. Unfortunately, in modern civilization, men are busy killing the

cows that are the source of yogurt, milk and ghee, they are cutting down all

the trees that supply honey, and they are opening factories to manufacture

nuts, bolts, automobiles and wine instead of engaging in agriculture. How

can the people be happy? They must suffer from all the misery of

materialism. Their bodies become wrinkled and gradually deteriorate until

they become almost like dwarves, and a bad odor emanates from their bodies

because of unclean perspiration resulting from eating all kinds of nasty

things. This is not human civilization. If people actually want happiness in

this life and want to prepare for the best in the next life, they must adopt

a Vedic civilization. In a Vedic civilization, there is a full supply of all

the necessities mentioned above.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 5.16.25