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hierarchy: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa)
ŚB 10.27.18
The statement here that the heavenly cow Surabhi approached Lord Kṛṣṇa along with her progeny (sva-santānaiḥ ) is a reference to the transcendental cows who play with Lord Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana. Although Lord Kṛṣṇa’s cows are transcendental, the heavenly cow Surabhi affectionately saw them, as indeed Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself did, as related to her. Since Lord Kṛṣṇa was appearing in the form of a cowherd boy, the whole situation was quite congenial,
ŚB 10.27
Lord Kṛṣṇa ordered Indra to return to his proper position in heaven and to serve there without egotism Indra, along with the cow Surabhi, then performed a bathing ceremony for Kṛṣṇa, using the water of the Indra and the cow took this opportunity to bestow upon the Lord the name Govinda, and the demigods showered
ŚB 10.6.19
When Kṛṣṇa was saved from such a great danger, mother Yaśodā and Rohiṇī were principally concerned, and There are so many facilities afforded by cow protection, but people have forgotten these arts. The importance of protecting cows is therefore stressed by Kṛṣṇa in Bhagavad-gītā (kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaṁ They keep cow dung very carefully and dry it to use as fuel. Simply by giving protection to the cow, the villagers live so peacefully.
ŚB 10.27
This chapter describes how the Surabhi cow and Indra, having seen the amazing power of Lord Kṛṣṇa, performed
ŚB 3.10.22
O purest Vidura, of the lower animals the cow, goat, buffalo, kṛṣṇa stag, hog, gavaya animal, deer, lamb
ŚB 8.8.11
Pañca-gavya, the five products received from the cow, namely milk, yogurt, ghee, cow dung and cow urine Cow urine and cow dung are uncontaminated, and since even the urine and dung of a cow are important, Therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, directly advocates go-rakṣya, the protection of
ŚB 10.6.19
Thereafter, mother Yaśodā and Rohiṇī, along with the other elderly gopīs, waved about the switch of a cow to give full protection to the child Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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
ŚB 10.13.21
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Kṛṣṇa, who had divided Himself as different calves and also as different cowherd boys, entered different cow sheds as the calves and then different homes as different boys.
ŚB 4.18.9-10
These are nice instructions for milking a cow. The cow must first have a calf so that out of affection for the calf she will voluntarily give sufficient Just as a cow cannot deliver sufficient milk without being affectionate to her calf, the earth cannot produce sufficient necessities without feeling affection for those who are Kṛṣṇa conscious. When human society becomes asat, or ungodly, or devoid of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the entire world suffers
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