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Giving up all shame Dushashana laughed and danced around in the Kuru’s midst, singing, “O cow, O cow.

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?

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.

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.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: “Separated” means that this is made out of the body of the cow but it is not the cow

“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.

“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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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 and mistakenly cut off the cows’ head with great force.

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 and mistakenly cut off the cows’ head with great force.

Kṛṣṇa said at that time that the cows are worshiped even by the demigods, and He practically demonstrated how to protect the cows. people who are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness should follow in His footsteps and give all protection to the cows Cows are worshiped not only by the demigods. Kṛṣṇa Himself worshiped the cows on several occasions, especially on the days of Gopāṣṭamī and Govardhana-pūjā

Kazi challenged Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “In Your Vedic scriptures there is an injunction for killing a cow On the strength of this injunction, great sages performed sacrifices involving cow-killing.”

Kazi challenged Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “In Your Vedic scriptures there is an injunction for killing a cow On the strength of this injunction, great sages performed sacrifices involving cow-killing.”

Śyāmasundara: You use that example of the cow and the market.

The examples given by the Lord of the conchshell and the cow dung are very much appropriate in this connection If one argues that since cow dung is pure, the stool of a learned brāhmaṇa is still more pure, his argument Cow dung is accepted, and the stool of a highly posted brāhmaṇa is rejected. The Lord continued: