Benefits of cow worship
- Mother Yashoda took Krishna to a cow and prayed to the cow for Krishna’s well-being, when she saw Krishna being attacked by the demon Putana. Krishna’s parents knew that protecting cow alone can bring health, wealth and prosperity. Mother Yashoda told us that cow protects us from ill-will and negative energies.
- At the end of his Avatar Krishna told his kin Uddhava that cow’s pooja (worship) is equal to my pooja (worship). Krishna told Uddhava that whatever things I could do, whatever demons I could kill, was just because I served cows and I got this power by simply worshiping and serving a cow. He attributed credit of his deeds to cows.
- If we offer bath to Krishna with “Pancha-gavya” then it pleases Krishna the most. Pancha-gavya means all the things that a cow yields namely curd, milk, ghee, gomutra and gobar. Pancha-gavya is used in all dharmik vidhi including sacrifices (Yagya)
- Krishna always taught about importance of cows through his actions. His love for cows is also seen from his two names “Gopala- the protector of the cows and Govinda- “one who brings satisfaction to the cows”
- Bhagavad Gita tells us about the importance of being in”Satva-guna”, Satva-guna brings us peace and happiness and worshiping cow increases our satva-guna. Drinking cow milk blesses us with Divine consciousness and Divine energy and fills our body with transcendental qualities (sattvikta).
- The product manufactured from cow milk helps us purify our body and purify our thoughts which in-turn helps us to perform right actions. By feeding grains and by offering puja to the cows, one can receive extraordinary spiritual benefits. Serving and protecting cow pleases God and Demi-gods present in the cow and it takes us closer to the Supreme personality of God. According to Skanda Purana, “One can demolish all his sinful acts by simply offering respect to the cows”. If we maintain and serve a cow in a nice manner then we can not only catch Krishna’s attention and but we can please Krishna as well. Krishna is kind with those who save cows and protect them. He is delighted by any effort done to serve a cow and he never even forgets us if we benefit cow.