Every time there used to be an incident with baby Shri Krishna when Kansa sent various demons to kill him, Yashoda Maa and the people of Gokul would take him to the cowshed to get rid of any problems over Kanhaiya and to protect him. Following on from this, Pujya Bhaishri explains the importance of the holy mother cow and cow dung.

Thirty-three million demi-gods reside in mother cow (gau mata).Cow is our mother. The atmosphere of a house where there is a cow is very pure. Since all the demi-gods are present in a cow, we do not consider a cow as an ordinary animal; this is part of our culture. Similarly, Tulsi is not an ordinary plant. In our religion and culture, we also acknowledge rivers as Maa, for example Ganga Maiya, Narmada Maiya, Yamuna Maiya. We worship mountains and trees.

In English, the word country is assigned a female gender. However, a female has many forms. What form do we regard our country? We regard it as our mother which is why we refer to it as Bharat mata. ‘Bha’ means devotion or knowledge, ‘Rat’ means immersed in it, hence Bharat means a place where its people are immersed in devotion or knowledge.

When thirty-three million demi-gods resided in the cow, Lakshmiji arrived late. She said to the mother cow, “Mataji, please provide me with a space too.”
Mother cow replied, “Sorry, house full!”
To this Lakshmiji said, “You have given everyone a place, why not me?”
Mother cow replied, “There is no other place except one now, which is my cow dung”.

Shri Lakshmi Maa accepted this happily and resided in cow dung. This is why cow dung is spread inside houses traditionally. Shri Lakshmiji is present where the earth is pure. When used as manure, it feels as though the plants that grow are not just plants, it is invaluable wealth! Such is the importance of our holy mother cow.

You can now view and enjoy the Navratri Anushthan by Pujya Bhaishri from day 4 of Navratri and also the highlights via the following links:

Navratri Anushtan Day 4
Navratri Anushthan Day 4 Highlight

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