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Kṛṣṇa, the supreme personality of godhead 6
When the gopīs saw little Kṛṣṇa fearlessly playing on Pūtanā’s lap, they very quickly came and picked , Rohiṇī and other elder gopīs immediately performed the auspicious rituals by taking the tail of a cow This was all just to save little Kṛṣṇa from future inauspicious accidents. The transcendental body of Kṛṣṇa did not require any protection, but to instruct us on the importance of the cow, the Lord was smeared over with cow dung, washed with the urine of a cow, and sprinkled with
Śrīla prabhupāda-līlāmṛta 2.56
, Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa’ – Kṛṣṇa came to see him. Kṛṣṇa hugs the cow. What does a cow know? He is a dumb animal. Is the cow as great as Arjuna? No. Yet due to the cow’s sincerity to come and lick Kṛṣṇa’s body, Kṛṣṇa says, ‘Oh, yes, My dear cow, come And Kṛṣṇa gives him some sweet nectar. So we should want Kṛṣṇa to come and see us, not that you should want to see Kṛṣṇa.”
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,
Bg. Introduction
“This Gītopaniṣad, Bhagavad-gītā, the essence of all the Upaniṣads, is just like a cow, and Lord Kṛṣṇa , who is famous as a cowherd boy, is milking this cow.
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
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.
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.
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?