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, Rohiṇī and other elder gopīs immediately performed the auspicious rituals by taking the tail of a cow The child was completely washed with the urine of a cow, and the dust created by the hooves of the cows This incident gives us a clear indication of how important the cow is to the family, society and to living , the Lord was smeared over with cow dung, washed with the urine of a cow, and sprinkled with the dust upraised by the walking of the cows.

Kṛṣṇa identified Himself with the vaiśya community because Nanda Mahārāja was protecting many cows and four kinds of business engagements for the vaiśya community, namely agriculture, trade, protection of cows take to any of these occupations, the men of Vṛndāvana were engaged primarily in the protection of cows

Kṛṣṇa had many thousands of cows, and they were divided into groups according to their colors. When He would prepare to return from the pasturing ground, He would gather all the cows. the 108 individual gopīs, so Kṛṣṇa would also count on 108 beads to count the different groups of cows

While Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma and Their friends were engaged in the pastimes described above, the cows, being When searching out the cows in the forest, they themselves became very tired and thirsty. Soon, however, they heard the crying of their cows. Kṛṣṇa began to call the cows by their respective names, with great noise. Upon hearing Kṛṣṇa calling, the cows immediately replied with joy.

He approached Vṛndāvana at sunset, when the cows were returning home from the pasturing ground. Uddhava and his chariot were covered by the dust raised by the hooves of the cows. He saw bulls running after cows for mating; other cows, with overladen milk bags, were running after Uddhava saw that the entire land of Vṛndāvana was filled with white cows and their calves, running here Vṛndāvana was decorated for the worship of the sun god and the fire god and for the reception of guests, cows

cowherd men conferred and agreed to give those boys who had passed their fifth year charge of the cows Given charge of the cows, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma traversed Vṛndāvana, purifying the land with Their lotus

While milking cows, cowherd boys bind the cows’ hind legs with a small rope.

The cows also, who had been away in the pasturing ground, returned in the evening and called their respective These relations of the cows and the gopīs with their calves and boys remained unchanged, although actually Actually the cows’ affection for their calves and the elder gopīs’ affection for their boys causelessly Although the cows and elder gopīs of Vṛndāvana had greater affection for Kṛṣṇa than for their own offspring

a year had passed, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were maintaining the calves in the forest when They saw some cows The cows could see down into the valley where the calves were being taken care of by the boys. Suddenly, on sighting the calves, the cows began to run toward them. The cows were so melted with affection for the calves that they did not care about the rough path from There appeared to be a great bond of affection between the cows and calves.

The cows and boys were thus saved from imminent danger. opened their eyes, they saw that they were again in the Bhāṇḍīra forest with Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma and the cows astonished to see that they were completely free from the attack of the blazing fire and that the cows

Balarāma, and sometimes He used to go alone with His friends to the bank of the Yamunā and tend the cows Gradually, the summer season arrived, and one day, while in the field, the boys and cows became very

Because the water was so poisonous, the boys and cows became visibly affected immediately after drinking who is the life of all that lives, simply cast His merciful glance over them, and all the boys and cows

Ānakadundubhi, was looking at his newborn baby, he was so happy that he wanted to give many thousands of cows Cows decorated with golden ornaments are delivered to the brāhmaṇas and sages. Instead, within his mind he gave thousands of cows to the brāhmaṇas.

She then called for the brāhmaṇas, and through her children she gave many cows in charity for the occasion

It is clear that the cows and the elder gopīs who offered milk to Kṛṣṇa were also elevated to the transcendental Undoubtedly all the gopīs, cowherd boys, cows and everyone else who served Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana with love

forest of Vṛndāvana on the bank of the Yamunā, Kṛṣṇa sat down at a beautiful spot and allowed the cows

Another gopī said to her friends, “My dear friends, the cows are also charmed as soon as they hear the These phenomena indicate that even the cows and calves in Vṛndāvana knew how to cry for Kṛṣṇa and embrace

Mother Yaśodā was firmly convinced of the Vedic injunctions about the importance of cows and the holy name of Viṣṇu; therefore she took all shelter in the cows and the name of Viṣṇu just to protect her Vedic culture has taken advantage of keeping cows and chanting the holy name of Viṣṇu since the beginning persons who are still following the Vedic ways, especially the householders, keep at least one dozen cows advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness should take instruction from this pastime and also be very interested in cows

Their faces were decorated with tilaka and smeared with the dust raised by the cows, and Kṛṣṇa’s head All day they were thinking of Kṛṣṇa in the forest or of Him herding cows in the pasture.

In the evening, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, along with the boys and cows, returned to Vṛndāvana, playing Their