All posts in this series
- Life Guidance through Niti Chalisa
- Key to Happiness
- Seeking Fulfilment
- Road to Abundance
- Value of Time
- Development – The Hindu Way
- Importance of Rinamukti
- Free Yourself from Rina – 1
- Source of Great Punyas
- Steps Towards Moksha
- Greatness of Acharyas & The Purusharthas
- Preserving the Virtuous
- Stand by Dharma
- No Sukha Without Dharma
- Dharmic Distribution of Wealth
- Dharma-Artha Equation
- Five Important J’s
- Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah
- Cow Slaughter Is Prohibited
- Why Worship Cows?
- Protect Cows & Bless Yourself
- Cows as Integral Part of Yajnas
अघ्न्या इति गवां नाम क एता हन्तुमर्हती।
महच्चकाराकुशलं वृषं गां वाऽऽलभेत् तु यः।।
[महाभारत – शान्तिपर्व २६२.४७]
न मारने योग्य आयी हुई यह गाय हमारे महान सौभाग्य के लिए दूध बढ़ावे आदि वचनों के अनुशीलन से यह तथ्य सिद्ध है की श्रुतियों में गौओं को अवध्य कहा गया है। फिर उन्हे मारने का विचार कौन करेगा? जो गाय तथा बैल को मारता है, अर्थात गोवंश का उच्छेद करता है, वह महान पाप करता है।
Essence
Through shruti mantras*, it has been repeatedly established that the cow can not be killed. It is our good fortune that they bless us by giving us milk, etcetera. The shruti-granthas command that the cow is “avadhya” or prohibited from being killed.
Then, who will think of killing them?
He who kills cows, bulls or buffalos, thus, destroys govansha and commits a great sin.
*Examples of shruti mantras : “अघ्न्यम्” – [ऋक् १.३७.५], ” नीचीनमघ्न्या दुहे “ऋक्[१०.५.६०.११], ‘अघ्न्येयं सा वर्धत्तां सौभगाय’- ऋक् [१.२२.१६४.२७]
Saṃskr̥ta words in context: (1) Shruti Grantha (Śruti graṅtha) – a group of sacred books, under the domain of vedas, containing the vedas, the upanishads, the brahmins etcetera. (2)Avadhya – banned to kill. (3) Govansha (Govaṁśa) a – the cow family.