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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

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

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

, 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.

The cows in Kṛṣṇa’s abode are also liberated souls. They are called surabhi cows. There are many popular pictures showing how Kṛṣṇa loves the cows, how He embraces and kisses them.

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 Even though the earth’s being in the shape of a cow may be taken figuratively, the meaning herein is Just as a calf can derive milk from a cow, all living entities — including animals, birds, bees, reptiles

“That doesn’t sound right,” he said, “that the devotees beat the cows. Devotees don’t beat cows.”

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?

Our philosophy is, if anyone comes, let him take prasad, chant Hare Krsna, and be happy. Everything is being supplied by Krsna. Krsna is not poor, so why should we deny them? If we believe that Krsna is providing for and maintaining everyone, then why should we be misers? This means losing faith in Krsna and thinking that we are the doers and suppliers. We are confident Krsna will supply! Let the whole world come. We can feed them.

Mostly the streets were empty and quiet, the shops closed, an occasional person or cow sleeping outdoors

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

> — collected; sakala — all kinds of; auṣadhīḥ — drugs and herbs; gāvaḥ — the cows ; pañca — five different varieties of products from the cow, namely milk, yogurt, clarified butter , cow dung and cow urine; pavitrāṇi — uncontaminated; vasantaḥ — personified springtime

go-dvija-surārti-harāvatāra, she indicates that Govinda, Kṛṣṇa, descends to this world especially to protect the cows The demoniac in this world are the greatest enemies of the cows, for they maintain hundreds and thousands Although the innocent cows give milk, the most important food, and although even after death the cows give their skin for shoes, people are such rascals that they kill the cows, but still they want to be

This chapter describes how the Surabhi cow and Indra, having seen the amazing power of Lord Kṛṣṇa, performed

He said he was like a cow that gives milk in any field.

In Kṛṣṇaloka in the spiritual sky there are cows which can be milked at any time, and they give as much Of course such cows do not exist in this material world, but there is mention of them in Kṛṣṇaloka. The Lord keeps many such cows, which are called surabhi. It is stated that the Lord is engaged in herding the surabhi cows.

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.

Surabhi cows are generally found on the Vaikuṇṭha planets. These cows are the Lord’s pet animals. From the surabhi cows one can take as much milk as one needs, and one may milk these cows as many times In other words, the surabhi cow can yield milk unlimitedly. cow, in which the demons were not very interested.

O purest Vidura, of the lower animals the cow, goat, buffalo, kṛṣṇa stag, hog, gavaya animal, deer, lamb