Cow Slaughter Is Prohibited

This entry is part 19 of 22 in the series Niti Chalisa

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Greatness of Acharyas & The Purusharthas

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अघ्न्या इति गवां नाम क एता हन्तुमर्हती।
महच्चकाराकुशलं वृषं गां वाऽऽलभेत् तु यः।।
[
महाभारतशान्तिपर्व 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.

 

 

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