Respectfully in Remembrance of the Lord
In is my sincere prayer to all saintly people and Saints that the way that the cows are being killed mercilessly nowadays, thoughtlessly without any feeling or caring, such acts were not happening, during the Moghal and British rule. Now we all must uniteand make full effort to stop these gruesome acts. The time is right now to do this work, and it is also possible to make it happen. What to tell you all, about the glories and significance of cow (gai), because you are yourself capable of telling this to others. If every spiritual and religious leader wants, he can inspire thousands of people in the work of caring and protecting cows.You can all unite together and expose the present government and quickly establish laws that can protect the entire breed of cows from the executors (slaughterers).If the community of saintly people (sadhus) accomplish this sacred work which is the foundation of Hindu Dharma, then this will be constructive and beneficial for the entire world. Now the time for voting is nearing. During this opportune time, you all become united !
Think about passing the proposal that every Indian Citizen, this time leaving all other issues aside, only give your vote to that leader or team that will give in writing their promise to stop the slaughter of cows and give assurance that immediately upon being elected, he personally and his team first and the foremost will work to ban the killing of cows in the entire country.
The original, extra-ordinary, kind breed of cows is in a state of being destroyed. In such a state, if while the time remains, if we do not become alert and cautious then how horrific will be the condition for the men of our country and ourselves? To even gauge the situation is difficult. You think about this point that at present times the condition that is arising from disregarding the cows, the end result of it will simply be devastating. If even in the independent India such a heinous sin such as killing of cows cannot be stopped, then it is such a surprising thing and such a sad thing! Remembering the dead, become immersed in this good work that we will be the first to get killed as a cow. All of you can be doing the work of God by spreading this awareness. What virtuous deeds can be done by which all will attain benediction! There is no greater “Dharma” than this.
Simply by beholding, touching, being in the presence, hearing Cow bellowing , and by serving her, one can attain salvation, one can experience happiness, one can experience good feelings and purification of the inner-senses. With the ghee (clarified butter), milk, curd (yoghurt), butter, and buttermilk the body becomes strong and it becomes free of disease. From cow’s urine and cow-dung, “panchgavya” and various different herbal fertilizers can be made and put to use and grains, vegetables, and fruits can be saved from the poisons of chemical fertilizers. The dust that flies off the hooves of cows which is called “godhooli vela” is also holy; It is considered favorable for weddings and other auspicious events. From birth to the last breath in every religious ritual there is great significance of cow’s urine and cow-dung. The extent to which you and I may share about the glories and significance of cow, that much is not enough. The surprising thing is that in spite of knowing everything, why is there procrastination and delay for the protection of cows from our side? By protecting the cows, along with material advances, financial, relationship, societal, ethical, cultural, and many different types of developments and advances are possible. But by the killing of cows, there is nothing that is seen besides destruction. Therefore even now if we awaken then we can stop the killing of cows from all ways and means, and save mankind from the upcoming destruction.
By serving the cows, protecting them, creating shelters for them and protecting the grazing grounds, the growth of the entire world is possible. Now-a-days the wealth that is generated from killing cows, exporting of cow meat, the intellect becomes degenerated and corrupt. By using the sinful money generated from killing cows, this itself, is allegedly the reason for our destruction. This is a very solemn concerning topic.
Lastly, it is my humble prayer to all spiritual organization that you all, along with the people, immediately, come together and kindly make a firm and determined resolve to stop the killing of cows, then my, yours and the entire world’s well-being is certain. In this itself it the real protection of Dharma and protection of Dharma is itself the protection of all of us.
Read, Educate and Disseminate Forging Forward !
Placed forward by Swami Ramsukhdasji (from “Kalyaan” Year 1978, Ank 4)
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I pray that Swamiji Maharaj’s prayer filled with deep pain, touches your heart regarding the current state of affairs of Mother Cow, fills your heart with compassion, mercy and inspires you with feelings of serving the cows. within your individual field of reach, may you take these thought of Swamiji Maharaj, and deploy them to the masses, the saints through various media – print, electronic or any other.
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Cow is the Mother of the World ‒ ‘गावो विश्वस्य मातरः ।’ The nourishment received from the offerings placed in the sacrificial fire to the Sun, Varuna, Wind and various others devatas, comes from cow’s ghee (clarified butter). It is only the cow’s ghee that is given as oblation into the sacrificial fire. When the Sun’s rays are nourished, it rains, and with the rains, all forms of vegetation, plants, saplings, grass etc. begin to grow, by which all the sentient-inert, mobile-immobile beings are provided for[*].
At all the various different ceremonial events, such as at conception, birth, naming ceremony etc. cow’s milk, ghee, cow dung “gobar” are essential. In Hindu Dharma, even in the ceremony of the twice born, the five elements that came from the cow (panchgavya) are essential – milk, yoghurt, ghee, cow dung, and cow urine. After completing the “yagyopaveet sanskaar”, one becomes entitled to read the Vedas. A child of an eminent Brahmin too cannot become entitled to study the Vedas without completing the “yagyopaveet sanskaar”. Even in a hindu marriage ceremony, cow dung is applied to purify the place. Also at the time of marriage, donating a cow is regarded as great. In olden days, when one was engaged to be married, a bull is given as gift. For freedom from the pains of birth and death, only cow dung and cow urine are used; because Goddess Lakshmi resides in Cow dung and Gangaji resides in cow’s urine.
When man becomes ill, he is given cow’s milk to drink; because cow’s milk immediately gives strength and energy. Even a sick person is unable to digest any food, then next to him a sacrificial fire with offering of cow’s ghee and edible objects is performed. On doing so, the sick person gets nourishment from the smoke and fire. When a man is about to die, then in his mouth is placed a Tulasi leaf, or Holy Ganga water or yoghurt made of cow’s milk. Because consuming yoghurt made from cow’s milk is considered auspicious, when a man leaves to take a journey. He who is leaving once and for all from here, he must definitely be given yoghurt made from cow’s milk, by which life after will be auspicious. At the end stage of a man’s life, there is much glories in giving Holy water of Ganga, in the same way, there are glories of giving yoghurt made of Cow’s milk.
To be saved from Yama (Devata of Lower Regions), cows are donated in charity. During period of mourning and related rituals, ‘kheer’ made of cow’s milk is prepared; because it being pure, the ancestors who have moved on to after life, are nourished and gratified. Man, the devatas, the ancestors all are nourished by cow’s milk, ‘ghee’, etc. Therefore Cow is the Mother of the World.
[*] अग्नौ प्रास्ताहुतिः सम्यगादित्यमुपतिष्ठते ।आदित्याज्जायते वृष्टिर्वृष्टेरन्नं ततः प्रजा ॥ (मनु॰ ३ । ७६)
It has been told that all the ‘devatas’ are residing in the cow’s body. Even the shadow of a cow is regarded as auspicious. During travels, if a cow comes on your right side, then it is believed to be ‘auspicious’, and simply by seeing it, one’s journey will be successful. Seeing a cow who is still nursing her young one, is believed to be very auspicious – ‒‘सुरभी सनमुख सिसुहि पिआवा’ (मानस, बाल॰३०३ । ३) A cow is extremely pure. Even the air that touches its body, is pure. Cow dung and urine are also pure. Wherever the cow sits, that land too is pure. The soil that touches the cow is also very pure.
All four – Wealth and Prosperity, Duty andRighteousness, Worldly Desires and Liberation (Arth, Dharma, Kaama, Moksha) are accomplished through a cow. By taking care of cows, milk, ghee, cow dung etc. that increase wealth are produced. Religious ritual cannot be completed without cows. In all religious events, cow’s milk, ghee, cow-dung, and cow urine are useful. In all the sacrificial offerings that are performed to achieve a desired result, cow’s ghee etc. are useful. In various practices too, cow’s milk and ghee is most important. One attains liberation, when serving a cow, without any selfish motive. One’s mind-intellect is purified, simply by serving a cow. Even Lord Krishna was named ‘Gopala’ as he grazed cows without wearing any shoes. In olden days, the Rishis who used to live in the forest, they too used to keep cows with them. By consuming cow’s milk and ghee, their intellect becomes exceptional, by which they are able to compose various great and voluminous holy text. Nowadays, the people who know and understand those holy texts well are very few. With the cow’s milk and ghee, they gain longevity. One name for cow’s ghee is also ‘life span’ (aayu). Regarding the smooth operation of their kingdom, many great kings used to also visit those Rishis for advice.
A cow is so pure that even the ‘Devatas’ have made her their abode in her. Whose cow dung and cow urine itself is so pure, then the cow itself must be so very pure ! By worshipping a cow, all the ‘devatas’ are worshipped, and all the ‘devatas’ receive nourishment. Through the nourished ‘devatas’, all of creation functions, is provided for and protected.
Question and Answers with Swamiji
Question ‒ By offering cow’s ghee (clarified butter) into the sacrificial fire, it rains – such is written in the holy texts. Nowadays, many people do not do sacrificial offerings out of cow’s ghee, then too it rains – what is the reasoning behind this ?
Answer ‒ The collection of the sacrificial offerings (yagnas) that have been going on since time immemorial (a long time), is still bearing fruit (credits still outstanding). (प्राचीन कालसे जो यज्ञ, होम होते आये हैं, उनका संग्रह अभी बाकी है ।) It is only due to this aggregate yagnas that it is raining. But now due to there being no yagnas etc., it has not remained so, therefore some places have flooding rains and others have droughts. Overall the rains have significantly reduced.
Question ‒ Rainfall is due to sacrificial offerings into the fire (Agni Ahuti) or is it from abiding in one’s duty?
Answer ‒ Sacrificial offering (yagya, hom), charity, austerities, etc. and all actions come under the realm of abiding in one’s duty. Even Gita has regarded sacrificial offering (Yagya) etc. to be within the realm of performing one’s dutiful actions. If man follows his duty, then the Sun, Varun, Wind and various other devatas too will abide in their own duties and they will in a timely manner rain etc.
Question ‒ In Foreign countries, sacrificial offerings etc. do not take place, then why do the ‘devatas’ bestow rainfall etc. over there ?
Answer ‒ In countries where there are no cows, or those countries that do not perform sacrificial offerings (yagya) etc, there too they are surely abiding in their own duties. When the people in these countries are doing their duty, then the ‘devatas’ also perform their duty, in other words, they make the rain fall etc. over there.
Question ‒ With the use of tractors and various other equipment, the fields are ploughed and harvested etc., then what is the need for cows-bulls ?
Answer ‒ Scientists have said that right now the speed with which the oil reserves are being consumed, if it continues to do so at this speed, then in 20 some years, the oil reserves etc. will be exhausted. There will not be any more oil left. When there is no oil, then how will these equipment be operated ? At that time, only the cows and bulls will be useful.
Question ‒ If there is no oil, then in its place there will be some new discoveries and inventions, then what is the need for cows ?
Answer ‒ Whether there are new inventions or not, but the thing that is presently in our hands, why should we destroy it ? That which is not presently in our hand, that is dependent on the future, relying on it, and destroying what you currently have is not intelligence and prudence. Just as, with the hope of a child while pregnant, to kill a child that is adopted is not wisdom, rather it is a grave mistake. It is foolishness, it is outrageous sin, it is grave injustice. The succession of cows will go on for ages but the succession of inventions and whether it will also carry on is not a certainty ? If a world war breaks out, then will the inventory remain protected ? You have lifted your foot and ahead there is no place to take a step, to rest you foot, then what will be your state ? Therefore, one should not destroy cows, having the notion that there will be a supply of cows in the future, rather one must make every effort to protect the cows. The more the number of methods for producing, that much the better. What can be gained from their destruction ? If there are new inventions and discoveries later on, then too a cow will not be useless. Cow dung and cow urine are used for curing several diseases. There is no soil fertilizer as good as one made from cow dung. There is no milk like cow’s milk. One simply cannot relay all the benefits and gains from products made from cow’s milk.
Question ‒ One can also use buffalo and camels for farming, then why do we need cows-bulls ?
Answer ‒ The extent to which the bull is prevalent in farming, that much, there are no other animals. Farming can also take place with the use of buffaloes, but the amount of work that a bull can do, that much a buffalo cannot do. Buffaloes have strength, but they cannot tolerate sun heat. When they walk in the sun, they hang their tongues out. Whereas, a bull, continues to march forward even when the sun is beating down hard. The reason being, the buffalo does not have ‘sattvik’ strength. Whereas the bulls have pure ‘sattvik’ energy. There are even fewer buffaloes than bulls. Fields can also be ploughed with camels, but the camels are even fewer than the buffaloes and they are very expensive. Not every farmer can afford to buy a camel. Nowadays due to many great young bulls being killed in large quantities, the bulls have also become very expensive, then too, they are not as expensive as the camels. If cows are kept in people’s yards, then they can give birth to bulls, and one does not have to buy them from elsewhere. The bulls from foreign cows are not very useful in the fields; because they do not have a hump, therefore one cannot place a yoke over them. Bulls from India can even tolerate extreme heat. In reality, the animal that is from a particular country, that animal can be of great use in that country itself. Therefore, we must preserve, aid and breed the cows of our country. They should be protected in an exceptional way.
The tractors are not able to till the land properly like the bulls. In appearance it seems as if with tractors and with the fertilizers the farming is speedier, but in spite of being faster, it is not superior. The crop that is grown by tilling the land with the use of bulls is very pure. The grains that are grown by using cow dung and urine as fertilizer, is very sacred, pure, and free of any blemishes.
There is a very close association between the cows and the fields. A cow is nourished by the grass that grows in the fields and the cow dung and the cow urine nourish the fields. By applying foreign soil, fertilizer and compost, in a few years the land loses its capacity to produce. But with cow dung and cow urine, the land’s power of producing remains as it is. Therefore in olden days, there was no system of adding compost and fertilizer to the fields and for hundreds of years the fields used to produce grains. In foreign countries many fields have been destroyed from use of fertilizers, and for their rejuvenation, cow dung is being used.
Question ‒ What is the importance and greatness of cow’s milk ?
Answer ‒ No other animal’s milk is as ‘sattvik’ as that of a cow. Cow’s milk is pure “sattvik’. The cows in our country are very pure and benign, therefore their milk is also very pure. Drinking this milk, one’s intellect becomes sharp and nature remains benign and peaceful. Foreign cows produce more milk, but the milk is not so ‘sattvik’ and they have a lot of anger. Therefore by drinking their milk, man’s nature too becomes violent. There is less clarified butter (ghee) in foreign cows, and they eat a lot more.
The buffalo’s milk having a very high fat content, it makes one fat, and also the milk of the buffalo is not ‘sattvik’. Those who drive a lot know that immediately on hearing the horn, a cow moves to the side of the street, whereas, a buffalo stands on the street without moving. Thus with buffalo milk, the intellect becomes gross. Soldier give the horses cow’s milk to drink by which they stay very sharp. One time for testing purposes the soldiers gave a few horses cow’s milk and the other buffalo milk. The horses that drank the buffalo milk became fat and huge, but when it came time to cross the river then those horses waded down in the river water. The buffaloes generally love to wade in the water; this nature came in the horses as well.
There is also camel’s milk, but that milk is not used for making curd (yoghurt) and butter. Camel’s milk is also “taamsik” (of the mode of inertia and ignorance). Therefore it is the kind that leads to harm and misfortune. In the Smritis, a camel, a dog, a donkey etc. are regarded as untouchable. A goat’s milk is the kind to cure diseases, and is light in digesting, but like the cow’s milk, it is not the kind to give power to understand intellectual things and it is also not as ‘satvik’ as cow’s milk.
The ‘ghee’ from cow’s milk is like the immortal nectar. The celestial and heavenly fairy Urvashi, went to King Pururva then in place of the immortal nectar, he agreed to drink cow’s milk ‒‘घृतं मे वीर भक्ष्यं स्यात्’ (श्रीमद्भा॰ ९ । १४ । २२) ।
Question ‒ What is the greatness of cow dung and cow urine ?
Answer ‒ It is believed that Lakshmiji resides in cow-dung and Gangaji in Cow urine. Therefore both cow dung and cow urine are very sacred. Plague, cholera, and various deadly diseases do not dare come in the houses that are lined with cow-dung. When cowdung was applied to the floors and walls of homes, there was less adverse effect of the nuclear bombs during the war, compared to cement construction.
Cow-dung has immense power to absorb poisons. In Kashi some person died from snake bite poisoning. People took his body to the banks of Gangaji to perform his last rites. An ascetic (sadhu) was living there. He asked what happened to this person? People informed that he died of snake bite poisoning. The sadhu said he is not dead, go quickly and get cow-dung. The cow-dung was brought. The sadhu smeared his entire body with cow-dung, all over applied a layer of cow-dung. After about half hour once again applied a second layer of cow-dung. Soon after the person was able to start breathing and he was saved. If a scorpion bites someone, then on applying cow dungs where the bite is and to the places where the poison has reached, then the poison will lose its potency. I have heard that whatever disease there is in the body, dig a deep hole in the ground and placed the diseased man straight up. And then, up to his neck, he was covered in cow dung. For about half hour or until as long as the sick person was able to tolerate it with ease, till then he stood there. As long as the disease does not go away, till then daily he followed this practice.
Nowadays gas is produced from cow dung. With that gas, even electricity can be produced, which is being utilized in many places. After the gas is removed from the cow-dung, the cow-dung looses it’s power, and it becomes a good candidate to be used as fertilizer for the fields.
Many poisons like arsenic, etc. can be purified with cow’s urine. Even gold, silver, and various precious metals etc., are all purified with cow’s urine. When making cinder, those metals are heated and thereafter cooled off in oil, cow’s buttermilk, and cow’s urine to purify them.
A young calf’s urine, if consumed daily, approximate quantity – 1 to 2, will get rid of all stomach ailments. In liver disease too, taking of cow’s urine, is very beneficial. One saint had asthama. Daily he began to take the cow urine of a young calf, his disease was reduced significantly. If there is pain in the chest, then taking cow urine in a pot, one should heat it. Place an iron sieve over it, and on top of it place a cloth or old cotton ball. When that cloth or cotton becomes warm then use it like a heating pad, (to give सेक) to your heart. With this the pain will go away. By bathing with cow’s urine, itching of the body will disappear. In this manner, various diseases can be cured with cow’s urine.
Question ‒ What is the benefit of protecting the Cows ?
Answer ‒ By the protection of cows, men, devata, ghosts and spirits, animals-birds, trees-grass etc. all are protected. There is no movable-immovable creature on earth, that does not get its nourishment from the cow. Cow is able to accomplish, all the four – ‘Arth, Dharma, Kaama, Moksha’ (Wealth, Righteousness, Desires and Liberation), in this world and in the world beyond, and save one from the clutches of hell.
History and the Puranas are filled with stories of those who have sacrificed their lives for the protection of cows. It is a very sad thing that today in our country, due to greed of money, thousands of cows are being killed daily ! If cows will continue to be killed like this , then there will come a time when our heritage of cows will become extinct. When cows will not remain, then what will be the state of the country ? What troubles will come – no one has even guestimated the state of affairs. When cows will become extinct, and there will not be any oil left in the earth to drill, then how will the fields be ploughed ? With there being no means to plough the fields, how will grains and cotton be produced ? For the sustenance of the body, people need food, water, and clothes, and that too will be difficult to get. I have seen in the villages in Rajasthan, that first water used to be drawn from the wells with the aid of bulls. Then with the introduction of electricity, they began to use electricity to draw out the water, and the bulls were all sold away. Now when there is shortage of electricity and electricity stops, then even the water cannot be drawn, and people are suffering ! this is most evidently seen.
There are all sorts of benefits in protection of cows – this point can only be understood by Bharat (India), who is the heart of Dharma (righteousness) . Other countries cannot understand this; because they do not have a deep understanding of religious and spiritual talks, they do not have such an intellect, and they do not have such scriptures and holy texts. Those who are influenced by foreign civilization, foreign etiquette and culture, and those who are caught up in worldly glitz and dazzle, they too cannot understand the greatness of cows. They do not obey the words of the Rishis and contemplative sages, and they themselves even do not know ! The sages and contemplative souls, the kings and great kings, those who are the protectors of Dharma, they have gone through a lot of difficulty to protect the cows, then are they all lacking in understanding? Has understanding come to people only now ?
Question ‒ Why the sentiment of the protecting cows, reduced among people?
Answer ‒ Many western medicines are made from cow’s heart, cow’s meat, cow’s blood, etc. By consuming those medicines, cow’s meat, blood, and a portion of the cow has gone into people’s stomachs, by which their intellect becomes tainted and impure, and their belief and feelings towards cows has diminished.
People earn money by committing sins and they buy and eat food with that very same money, then how can their intellect be pure, and without the intellect being pure, how will things that are for his own welfare appear good to him ?
Due to too much selfishness, man’s intellect becomes degenerated, it becomes ‘taamsik’ (of the mode of ignorance), thereafter even a good thing appears contrary to him [*] Nowadays man has become very selfish, due to which the feeling of protecting cows has significantly gone down.
In trading of cow’s meat, leather etc. it appears that there is a lot of money in this business. Man due to greed for money, only looks towards the money, but not towards the destruction of the entire breed of cows. He does not look towards what will be the end result and what will be our condition later on, he does not look towards the horrific hell that he will have to face, how much torment and torture he will have to undergo ‒ He simply does not look towards this at all ! It means that by looking at instant gains, and not looking towards the future, due to greed, his ability to think becomes blunt, it gets suppressed. Due to greed, he simply cannot think about his real and supreme good.
[*] अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसावृता । सर्वार्थान्विपरीतांश्च बुद्धिः सा पार्थ तामसी ॥ (गीता १८ । ३२)
‘तमोगुणसे घिरी हुई जो बुद्धि अधर्मको धर्म और सम्पूर्ण चीजोंको उलटा ही मानती है,वह तामसी है ’
Question ‒ When all the ‘devatas’ reside in a cow, then why is it that cow’s are being allowed to be slaughtered ?
Answer ‒ The residing of the ‘devatas’ in a cow has been said from the perspective of purity. The meaning of this is not that the ‘devatas’ are residing in their manifest form in the cow. Just as there is fire in a match stick, but if the match stick were to be kept in a cotton ball, it would not burn up the cotton; because the fire is in its unmanifest, formless form in the match stick. God resides in the heart of all beings, then too beings die; because God remains in his untainted form, unmanifest form. In the same way, all the ‘devatas’ are residing in a cow’s body in their unmanifest, unattached form. Just as God is present in the heart of all beings, means that the heart is pure and place for attaining God. In the same way, the ‘devatas’ are present in a cow’s body, means, that a cow is extremely pure, and serving and worshiping her, will be as good as serving, worship and adoration of all the devatas.
Question ‒ What are the benefits of serving a cow ?
Answer ‒ Just as by serving God, all the three worlds are being served, in the same way, when one serves a cow without any selfish motive, one serves the entire world; because the cow is the mother of the world. By serving the cow, there are gains in both, worldly, as well as, spiritual matters By serving the cow, all the four efforts are accomplished – ‘artha, dharma, kaam, and moksha’ (wealth, religious, worldly desires and liberation). The entire Raghu dynasty was also functions by serving cows.
Question ‒ What must be done for the protection of cows ?
Answer ‒ For the protection of cows, they must be kept in our homes and they must be looked after and provided for. One must only consume cow’s milk and ‘ghee’, not of buffaloes. Goshala must be formed only with the intent of protecting the cows, not with the intent of getting milk. The extent of land that is available for grazing cows, that land must be protected. Efforts must be made to release land that is designated for cow grazing that is taken up by the government or encroached on by others. One must strongly oppose the government laws on slaughtering cows, and one must only vote for he who promises with his full heart and effort to completely ban the slaughtering of cows in the entire country.
Those gentlemen who are tending to fields, should not sell cows, calves, or bulls etc. A cow or a mother is not something that is for sale. As long as a cow produces milk and gives birth to calves, and a bull works, till then they are kept. When they become old, then they are sold away – this is so so ungrateful, such a sinful point ! Gandhiji has written in the “Navjeevan’ newspaper that ‘the amount of grass that an old bull eats, that much cow-dung and cow urine he produces, in other words, he pays for his own living expenses.’
From book in Hindi ‒‘Kisaan aur Gai” by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Narayan ! Narayan !! Narayan !!!
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