Le Cow Quote Du Jour # 11

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A thanks to Taraka for these quotes. I used this one that in an article I

submitted to Chakra.

 

"Taraka (das) ACBSP (Gita Nagari, PA - USA)" wrote:

 

> TRANSLATION

> The brahmanas, the cows and the defenseless creatures are My own body. Those

> whose faculty of judgment has been impaired by their own sin look upon these

> as distinct from Me. They are just like furious serpents, and they are

> angrily torn apart by the bills of the vulturelike messengers of Yamaraja,

> the superintendent of sinful persons.

>

> PURPORT

> The defenseless creatures, according to Brahma-samhita, are the cows,

> brahmanas, women, children and old men. Of these five, the brahmanas and

> cows are especially mentioned in this verse because the Lord is always

> anxious about the benefit of the brahmanas and the cows and is prayed to in

> this way. The Lord especially instructs, therefore, that no one should be

> envious of these five, especially the cows and brahmanas. In some of the

> Bhagavatam readings, the word duhitrh is used instead of duhatih. But in

> either case, the meaning is the same. Duhatih means "cow," and duhitrh can

> also be used to mean "cow" because the cow is supposed to be the daughter of

> the sun-god. Just as children are taken care of by the parents, women as a

> class should be taken care of by the father, husband or grown-up son. Those

> who are helpless must be taken care of by their respective guardians,

> otherwise the guardians will be subjected to the punishment of Yamaraja, who

> is appointed by the Lord to supervise the activities of sinful living

> creatures. The assistants, or messengers, of Yamaraja are likened here to

> vultures, and those who do not execute their respective duties in protecting

> their wards are compared to serpents. Vultures deal very seriously with

> serpents, and similarly the messengers will deal very seriously with

> neglectful guardians.

>

> >>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 3.16.10