Le Cow Quote Du Jour # 17

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TRANSLATION

The personality of religious principles, Dharma, was wandering about in the

form of a bull. And he met the personality of earth in the form of a cow who

appeared to grieve like a mother who had lost her child. She had tears in

her eyes, and the beauty of her body was lost. Thus Dharma questioned the

earth as follows.

 

PURPORT

The bull is the emblem of the moral principle, and the cow is the

representative of the earth. When the bull and the cow are in a joyful mood,

it is to be understood that the people of the world are also in a joyful

mood. The reason is that the bull helps production of grains in the

agricultural field, and the cow delivers milk, the miracle of aggregate food

values. The human society, therefore, maintains these two important animals

very carefully so that they can wander everywhere in cheerfulness. But at

the present moment in this age of Kali both the bull and the cow are now

being slaughtered and eaten up as foodstuff by a class of men who do not

know the brahminical culture. The bull and the cow can be protected for the

good of all human society simply by the spreading of brahminical culture as

the topmost perfection of all cultural affairs. By advancement of such

culture, the morale of society is properly maintained, and so peace and

prosperity are also attained without extraneous effort. When brahminical

culture deteriorates, the cow and bull are mistreated, and the resultant

actions are prominent by the following symptoms.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 1.16.18