Go Puja - Go Krd - Go Raksha
Worship and protection for the Cows.
updated 2nd November 2007
pitä-mätä märi’
khäo——ebä kon dharma
kon bale kara tumi e-mata vikarma
"According to the Vedic social system,
as soon as one takes birth he becomes indebted to so many persons. We are
indebted to the åñis, or great sages, because we derive knowledge
from their transcendental writings, such as the Çrémad-Bhägavatam,
compiled by Çréla Vyäsadeva. The authors of the scripture
know past, present, and future, and we are urged to take advantage of such
invaluable knowledge. Thus we are indebted to the sages.
We are also indebted to the demigods,
for they manage the affairs of the universe, supplying it with every essential—sunshine
from the sun-god, Sürya; moonshine from the moon-god, Candra; air
from Väyu; and so on. Each element is controlled by a particular demigod.
We are also indebted to ordinary
living entities from whom we take service. For example, we take milk from
the cow. According to Vedic understanding, the cow is considered one of
our mothers because we drink her milk, just as at birth we drink our mother’s
milk. The Çrémad-Bhägavatam lists seven mothers: our
own mother, the wife of our teacher or spiritual master, the wife of a
brähmaëa, the wife of the king, the nurse, the cow, and the earth.
We are indebted to all seven of these mothers, and also to our father,
brothers, friends, relatives, and forefathers."(A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada. Second Chance book - chapter 17 "The Moment of Truth")
"Similarly, this Bhagavad-gétä is the essence of all Vedic literature, just like milk is the essence of the blood. Blood... The milk is nothing, but it is cow’s blood transformed. Just like mother’s milk. The mother’s milk, wherefrom it comes? It comes from the blood, but transformed in such a way that it becomes nutritious to the child, tasteful to the child. Similarly, cow’s milk also, a most nutritious and valuable food. So it is compared that this Bhagavad-gétä is the milk of the cow of Vedic literature. And the milkman is Kåñëa Himself. And the drinker of the milk is..., we are, Arjuna, through Arjuna. So these things are there." (A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. 3rd June 1968. Bhagavad Gita lecture. Montreal.)
"Personified dharma, he’s inquiring from the cow. He’s addressing cow, amba. Amba means mother. So cow is our mother. Why mother? Because from practical point of view, we drink milk. So how mother... How cow is not mother? She’s mother. We are taking her milk. There are seven mothers according to Vedic civilization:
Real mother, from whose womb we have come to this world, real mother, ätma-mätä. Then guroù patné, wife of the teacher or spiritual master, guroù patné. Brähmaëé, the wife of a brähmaëa. Ätma-mätä guroù patné brähmaëé räja-patnikä, and the wife of the king, or the queen. She’s also mother. Dhenu, the cow. Cow is also mother. And dhätré means nurse. Nurse is also mother. Tathä påthvé, and the earth, the earth is also our mother. That we say in country, in the country which we take birth, we say deça-mätåkä. In Sanskrit it is called deça-mätåkä. That is also mother. Mother land, mother language. So this... So many mothers we have got, out of which, cow is also mother. Therefore she’s addressed as amba. Amba means mother. Still in Gujarat province, they call amba. And in U.P., United States, er, United Province, in India, they also call amba, or in a broken language they call amma. Still... That is from very long time, mother is... Amba-devé. There is a... From Amba-devé, there is a big temple of Mother Durgä, Kälé, in Bombay. So this Amba-devé was pronounced by the Englishmens as Bamba-devé, and from Bamba-devé it has come to “Bombay.” Actually, there is a big temple of Amba in Bombay. From that name, instead of Amba, they have become Bamba. Just like from Sindhu, they have called, they have designated the inhabitants of Sindhu-deça as “Hindu.” The Muhammadans, they pronounce s as h. So from “Sindhu,” it has come to “Hindu.” Otherwise, this “Hindu” name is not mentioned in any Vedic literature. It is given by the... This name is given by the other foreigners. Especially the Arabian countries, they used to call this nation, Bhärata-varña...ätma-mätä guroù patné
brähmaëé räja-patnikä
dhenur dhätré tathä påthvé
saptaitä mätaraù småtäù
A
simple Puja prayoga to follow for Go Puja
Hear
Me and my friends at the Goshalla
Cow
Protection page
If you would like to contact or support
Care for Cows in Vrindavana
please email Kurma Rupa Prabhu at:
giriseva@pamho.net
for information
Related links:
Until the cows come home
http://btg.krishna.com/main.php?id=901
Care for Cows in Vrindavan
Vyapaka dasa interviews Kurma Rupa dasa ACBSP
http://www.dipika.org/2004/04/30/23_care_for_cows_vrndavan/index.html
Care for Cows in Vrindavana
-- an interview with Kurma Rupa dasa ACBSP --
http://www.hkrl.com/cowseva.html
