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> From: priya kashyap <priyask2001@yahoo.co.in>
> Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 14:55:04 +0000 (GMT)
> Subject: [sindhigroup] Cows are sacred
>
> ======= Understanding Hinduism =======
>
> Cows are sacred
> From the Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva,
> Sections LXXXIII - LXXVII - LXXVI
>
> Bhishma said:
>
> No sacrifice can be performed without the aid of
> curds
> and ghee (clarified butter). The very character of
> sacrifice which sacrifices have, depends upon ghee.
> Hence ghee (or, the cow from which it is produced)
> is
> regarded as the very root of sacrifice.
>
> Cows have been said to be the limbs of sacrifice.
> They
> represent sacrifice itself. Without them, there can
> be
> no sacrifice. With their milk and the Havi produced
> therefrom, they uphold all creatures by diverse
> acts.
> Cows are guileless in their behaviour. From them
> flow
> sacrifices and Havya and Kavya, and milk and curds
> and
> ghee. hence cows are sacred.
>
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> (Mantras-Sacred Fire)
>
> Afflicted by hunger and thirst, they bear diverse
> burdens.
> Cows support the Munis (sages).
>
> Among all objects mobile and immobile, the mobile
> are
> superior. Among mobile creatures Brahmanas are
> superior.
>
> The sacrifices are all established upon them. It is
> by
> sacrifice that Soma (nectar) is got. Sacrifice has
> been established upon cows. ( For without ghee or
> clarified butter, which is produced from milk, there
> can be no sacrifice). The gods become gratified
> through sacrifices. It is from the cows that the
> means
> have flowed of the sustenance of all the worlds.
> They
> yield Soma (nectar) in the form of milk. Cows are
> auspicious and sacred, and grantor of every wish and
> givers of life.
>
> They who make gifts of cows, and who subsist upon
> the
> remnants of things offered as libations on the
> sacred
> fire, are regarded, as always performing sacrifices
> of
> every kind.
>
> Of all kinds of gifts, the gift of cows is applauded
> as the highest. Cows are the foremost of all things.
> Themselves sacred, they are the best of cleansers
> and
> sanctifiers. People should cherish cows for
> obtaining
> prosperity and even peace. Cows are said to
> represent
> the highest energy both in this world and the world
> that is above. There is nothing that is more sacred
> or
> sanctifying than cows.
>
> One should never feel any repugnance for the urine
> and
> the dung of the cow.
>
> [Note: The following comments are by the scholar and
> translator of The Mahabharata Sri Kisari Mohan
> Ganguli: The Rishis (ascetic seers) discovered that
> the magnetism of the cow is something that is
> possessed of extraordinary virtues. Give the same
> kind
> of food to a cow and to a horse. The horse-dung
> emits
> an unhealthy stench, while the cow-dung is an
> efficacious disinfectant. There can be little doubt
> that the urine and dung of the cow possess untold
> virtues.]
>
> Vyasa said:
>
> Cows are sacred. They are embodiments of merit. They
> are
> high and most efficacious cleansers of all.
>
> One should for three days drink the hot urine of the
> cow. For the next three days one should drink the
> hot
> milk of the cow. Having thus drunk for three days
> hot
> milk, one should next drink hot ghee for three days.
> Having in this way drunk hot ghee for three days,
> one
> should subsist for the next three days on air only.
>
> Vasishtha said:
>
> By bathing in water mixed with cow-dung, people
> shall
> become sanctified. The deities and men, shall use
> cow-dung for the purpose of purifying all creatures
> mobile and immobile. One can sit on dried cow dung.
> One should never eat the flesh of cows.
>
> One should never show any disregard for cows in any
> way. If evil dreams are seen, men should take the
> names of cows. One should never obstruct cows in any
> way. Cows are the mothers of both the Past and the
> Future. Cows have become the refuge of the world. It
> is for this that cows are said to be highly blessed,
> sacred, and the foremost of all things. It is for
> this
> that cows are said to stay at the very head of all
> creatures. Every morning, people should bow with
> reverence unto cows.
>
> Cows are the best Havi for the deities. The Mantras
> called Swaha and Vashat are forever established in
> cows. Sacrifices are established in the cows. Cows
> constitute the fruit of sacrifices.Cows are the
> future
> and the past, and Sacrifices rest on them. Morning
> and
> evening cows yield unto the Rishis, Havi for use in
> Homa (sacred fire ceremony).
>
> Cows are always fragrant. The perfume emanated by
> the
> exudation of the Amytis agallochum issues out of
> their
> bodies. Cows are the great refuge of all creatures.
> Cows constitute the great source of blessing unto
> all.
> (Swastayana is a ceremony of propitiation,
> productive
> of blessing and destructive of misery of every
> kind).
> Cows are the source of eternal growth.
>
> Cows are sacred. They are the foremost of all things
> in the world. They are verily the refuge of the
> universe. They are the mothers of the very deities.
> They are verily incomparable.
>
> Cows are the mothers of the universe.*
> There is no gift more sacred than the gift of cows.
> There is no gift that produces more blessed merit.
>
> Vyasa said:
>
> Cows constitute the stay of all creatures. Cows are
> the refuge of all creatures. Cows are the embodiment
> of merit. Cows are sacred and blessed and are
> sanctifiers of all.
>
> One should never, in even one's heart, do an injury
> to
> cows. One should, indeed, always confer happiness on
> them.
>
> Living in a pure state, in the midst of cows, one
> should mentally recite those sacred Mantras that are
> known by the name of Gomati, after touching pure
> water. By doing this, one becomes purified and
> cleansed. Brahmanas of righteous deeds, who have
> been
> cleansed by the knowledge, study of the Vedas, and
> observance of vows, should, only in the midst of
> sacred fires or cows or assemblies of Brahmanas,
> impart unto their disciples a knowledge of the
> Gomati
> Mantras which are every way like unto a sacrifice
> (for
> the merit they produce). One should observe a fast
> for
> three nights for receiving the boon constituted by a
> knowledge of the import of the Gomati Mantras.
>
> The man who is desirous of obtaining a son may
> obtain
> one by adoring these Mantras. He who desires the
> possession of wealth may have his desire gratified
> by
> adoring these Mantras.
>
> The girl desirous of having a good husband may have
> her wish fulfilled by the same means. In fact, one
> may
> acquire the fruition of every wish one may cherish,
> by
> adoring these sacred Mantras. When cows are
> gratified
> with the service one renders them, they are, without
> doubt, capable of granting the fruition of every
> wish.
> Even so, cows are highly blessed. They are the
> essential requisites of sacrifices. They are
> grantors
> of every wish. Know that there is nothing superior
> to
> cows.
>
> Cows are endued with the elements of strength and
> energetic exertion. Cows have in them the elements
> of
> wisdom. They are the source of that immortality
> which
> sacrifice achieves.
>
> They are the refuge of all energy. They are the
> steps
> by which earthly prosperity is won. They constitute
> the eternal course of the universe. They lead to the
> extension of one's race.
>
> Bhishma said:
>
> One should not, by imparting a knowledge of this
> ritual, benefit a person that is not one's disciple
> or
> that is not observant of vows or that is bereft of
> faith or that is possessed of a crooked
> understanding.
> Verily, this religion is a mystery, unknown to most
> people. One that knows it should not speak of it at
> every place. There are, in the world, many men that
> are bereft of faith.
> There are among men many persons that are mean and
> that resemble Rakshasas. This religion, if imparted
> unto them, would lead to evil. It would be
> productive
> of equal evil if imparted to such sinful men as have
> taken shelter in atheism.
> _____________________________________
>
> * (Cows are the mothers of the universe)
> The human infant is fed breast milk by its human
> mother for under three years. After weaning, the cow
> acts as the surrogate mother providing milk for the
> rest of the human life-through childhood, adult age
> and old age. Cow is verily the mother of the world.
> One would be filled with repugnance at the
> ungrateful
> idea of killing mother, whether surrogate mother or
> otherwise.).
>
>
>
>
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