Cow Quote #7

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Teachings of Queen Kunti - 26 (Enchantment by Krsna's Glories)

 

Why is cow protection so much advocated? Because the cow is the most

important animal. There is no injunction that one should not eat the flesh

of tigers or other such animals. In the Vedic culture those who are

meat-eaters are recommended to eat the flesh of goats, dogs, hogs, or other

lower animals, but never the flesh of cows, the most important animals.

While living, the cows give important service by giving milk, and even after

death they give service by making available their skin, hooves, and horns,

which may be used in many ways. Nonetheless, the present human society is so

ungrateful that they needlessly kill these innocent cows. Therefore KŠa

comes to punish them.

KŠa is worshiped with this prayer:

namo brahmaŠya-dev€ya

go-br€hmaŠa-hit€ya ca

jagad-dhit€ya kŠ€ya

govind€ya namo namaƒ

“My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the br€hmaŠas, and You are

the well-wisher of the entire human society and world.” For perfect human

society there must be protection of go-dvija—the cows and the br€hmaŠas. The

word dvija refers to the br€hmaŠa, or one who knows Brahman (God). When the

demoniac give too much trouble to the br€hmaŠas and the cows, KŠa descends

to reestablish religious principles. As the Lord says in Bhagavad-g…t€

(4.7):

yad€ yad€ hi dharmasya

gl€nir bhavati bh€rata

abhyutth€nam adharmasya

tad€tm€naˆ sj€my aham

“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O

descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I

descend Myself.” In the present age, Kali-yuga, people are very much sinful

and are consequently suffering greatly. Therefore KŠa has incarnated in

the form of His name, as found in the mah€-mantra: Hare KŠa, Hare KŠa,

KŠa KŠa, Hare Hare/ Hare R€ma, Hare R€ma, R€ma R€ma, Hare Hare.