In Atharva Ved it is said:
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Various Devtas and other subjects represent cow’s body:--
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- Brahmaji resides in Cow’s back (upper) part.
- Vishnu in neck.
- Rudra in mouth.
- Devtas (all) in middle part.
- Maharisis in hairs.
- Annant Naag in tail.
- Mountains in feet.
- Ganga (river) in urine.
- Shri Laxmi in Chaan.
- Suriya (sun) and Chandra (moon) are in eyes.
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Now, may be convinced that through performing Gau-seva, you can actually worship and serve so many devtas. Otherwise, serving all these devtas may not be possible in your daily routine due to lack of time and resources.
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In the words of Bhagwan Ved Vyasji
Cows are sacred. They are embodiments of merit. They are high and most efficacious cleansers of all. Gau-shala, (is a place where cows stays). Its soil is Pusti and their Chaan (cowdung) and Gau-mutra (cow’s urine) is as pure as Shri Laxmiji. Everyday touching a cow with due respect gives you longevity. Chaan and Gau-mutra having its own energy can drive away any atrocities, and restoring to purity.
The milk of a cow is to promote sattvik (purifying) qualities. The ghee (clarified butter) from the cow’s milk is used in ceremonies, and in preparing religious food. Cow dung, is used as fertilizer, as a fuel and as a disinfectant in homes. Modern science acknowledges that the smoke from cow dung is a powerful disinfectant and an anti-pollutant.
Its urine is also used for religious rituals as well as medicinal purposes. The supreme purificatory material, panchagavya, is a mixture of five products of the cow, namely milk, curds, ghee, urine and dung.
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The power of Cow is immense:-
- The cow milk, cow yogurt, cow ghee (clarified butter), cow excrete and cow urine are considered most sacred for varieties of purposes including religious and medicinal purposes.
- Any place is purified if the place is sprinkled with waters mixed in Cow dung.
- Even in places where horrible acts happened such as murders and any other atrocities could be restored to purity, if a group of cows is made to reside therein for three days and three nights.
- Donation of a cow in charity and early morning darshan of cows bring much luck to human beings.
- As long as man mishandles cow so long, he suffers on Earth and he would not find way to the super upper world. Today’s man is suffering in every sphere of life you may want to give a different reason to this but the bottom line is he is responsible for denouncing 330 Million Deva and Devis, whether he likes it or not or whether he beliefs in them or not.
- Where a cow stays agitated, hungry, thirsty or frightened there humans meet with excessive conflicts leading to unhappiness. (the truth about this is today unfortunately each and every country is slaughtering cows and you practically see there is suffering in every country where is peace on this planet earth).
- A child born under unlucky stars is passed under the body of a cow to offset the effects.
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By Gau-seva
- Where the cows live peacefully, enjoying food and drink where its breath remains rhythmic due to the poise, there the negative energies is warded off.
- If one wish to fulfill himself with all the happiness, he should offer food and drink to the cow i.e. every day one should remove Gau-grass – some portion of food, from our meal before we eat and offer it to a cow. If literally, he cannot take out Gau-grass then he must set aside some amount for cow, according to his financial capacity.
- Protection of cow clears all impediments, which come in way of life.
- Worship of cow and to serve cow, would bestow the ability to regulate senses.
- If one arranges treatment to a sick cow to restore her health, the cow reciprocates to restore health to the one.
- If one protects cow from fear, he transcends from the fear he suffers from.
- When difficulties surround man and when he finds himself in un-surmountable difficulties worship and service to cow helps clearing the way.
- When you find a cow hungry and thirsty, do not neglect to attend to it.
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Param pujiya Shri Gokulnathji (fourth Lalji of Shri Vithallesh Prabhu Charan) in His vachnamarut (discourse) said before eating Prasad (meals) we should first offer to cows than Vaishnav than only we can have Prasad.
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