Hare Krishna
Gurudev,
Please accept my humble
obeisances.
All glories to you and Srimati
Gurumataji!
All glories to Srila
Prabhupad!
I pray Krishna that you find this mail in best of
health.
Very painful and horrible story you told about cow killing, Srila
Gurudev.
By Krishna's mercy few days back I came to know about one farmhouse here in Oman. The
Muslim caretaker has kept various animals like hens, ducks, cows, bull etc. taking their good care for business and he is retail selling fresh cow's milk also. I have started bringing fresh cow's milk now for offering. In this way the caretaker and cows will get spiritual benefit.
The cows, although fed sumptuously, give very less milk. Each cow gives around 3.5 to 4
litres in morning and even less in evening. Srila Prabhupad told in one lecture on SB 1.10.4 -- Mayapura, June 19, 1973 that it is because they are unhappy and they know that they will be slaughtered once they stop giving milk. In Dvaparyuga, when cows were under the protection of Maharaj Yudhushtir, they were very well cared and worshiped, knew that they will never be slaughtered so they were profusely giving
milk. Even no need to water the
ground, it used to become moist with milk. And cows in Goloka, they are happiest in love with Krishna, they supply milk endlessly.
Below excerpt from
lecture:
If you are already informed, condemned to death, and kept in a concentration camp, will you be happy? Similarly, when these people take these cows to the slaughterhouse, animal stock room, go down, they
understand.
So what is the position of the cow? I have seen when we purchase cows, the calves are already taken away. The cow was crying, regular tears were gliding down. So they can understand that... Who cannot understand? Suppose if you are taken in the concentrated camp? Just like the Germans did. What is the meaning of concentrated...? That he'll be killed after some days. So
how you can be happy? If you are already informed, condemned to death, and kept in a concentration camp, will you be happy? Similarly, when these people take these cows to the slaughterhouse, animal stock room, go down, they understand. Very recently, about few years ago, some..., that animal stock store was some way or other broken and all the cows began to... Perhaps you know. It was published in the... And they were shot down. Shot to death. They were fleeing like
anything, that "We shall save ourselves."
So if
the cows are not happy, if they are always afraid, that "This rascal will kill us at any moment," then how they can be happy? There was no such thing. Therefore it is said: mudā. Mudā. Happy. And as soon as the cows are happy, you not only get sufficient milk, but the pasturing ground, I mean to say, ground, becomes moist with milk. So much milk supplied.
Your eternal
servant,
Rasika Krishna
Das