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CC Madhya 4.61
The ingredients of pañca-gavya are milk, yogurt, ghee (clarified butter), cow urine and cow dung. All these items come from the cow; therefore we can just imagine how important the cow is, since its The major portion of this preparation also comes from the cow.
The journey of self-discovery 6
Śrīla Prabhupāda: They don’t have to protect the cow. We shall protect the cow. We shall supply you the cow after her death.” Where is the difficulty?
Mahābhārata - retold by kṛṣṇa dharma dasa 1.21
Giving up all shame Dushashana laughed and danced around in the Kuru’s midst, singing, “O cow, O cow.
ŚB 12.3.36
In India, the cow is considered sacred not because Indian people are primitive worshipers of mythological totems but because Hindus intelligently understand that the cow is a mother. As children, nearly all of us were nourished with cow’s milk, and therefore the cow is one of our mothers Certainly one’s mother is sacred, and therefore we should not kill the sacred cow.
ŚB 11.11.19
The example of the milkless cow is significant. A gentleman never kills a cow, and therefore when a cow becomes sterile and no longer gives milk, one must engage in the laborious task of protecting her, since no one will purchase a useless cow. For some time, the greedy owner of a sterile cow may continue thinking, “I have already invested so much money in taking care of this cow, and certainly in the near future she will again become pregnant and
Perfect questions, perfect answers 1
Śrīla Prabhupāda: “Separated” means that this is made out of the body of the cow but it is not the cow
CC Ādi 17.166
Cow-killers are condemned to rot in hellish life for as many thousands of years as there are hairs on the body of the cow.
ŚB 9.2.5-6
When the very strong tiger seized the cow, the cow screamed in distress and fear, and Pṛṣadhra, hearing He took up his sword, but because the stars were covered by clouds, he mistook the cow for the tiger
ŚB 10.64.16
Once a cow belonging to a certain first-class brāhmaṇa wandered away and entered my herd. Unaware of this, I gave that cow in charity to a different brāhmaṇa.
ŚB 10.24.21
The occupational duties of the vaiśya are conceived in four divisions: farming, commerce, cow protection Out of these, we as a community are always engaged in cow protection.
The journey of self-discovery 6
Yogeśvara dāsa: If people don’t kill the cows they will have even more meat, because that way the cows will have more time to reproduce more cows. If they don’t kill the cows right away, there will be even more cows.
CC Ādi 17.158
tomāra vedete — in Your Vedic literatures; āche — there is; go-vadhera — for cow-killing; vāṇī — injunction ; ataeva — therefore; go-vadha — cow-killing; kare — does; baḍa baḍa — very, very great; muni — sages