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Alright, let's take a rational Shaivite look at the statements made
below:
This is explained in the Visnu Purana (1.19.65) as follows:
namo brahmanya-devaya
go-brahmana-hitaya ca
jagad-dhitaya krsnaya
govindaya namo namah
"I offer repeated obeisances unto Lord Sri Krishna, who is the protector
and well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas. He is also the protector of
the entire society. Unto that Lord Govinda I offer my obeisances."
Apparently this statement wasn't made by Vishnu himself. Could you
please identify the speaker so that the appropriate weight can be
assigned to this statement. Second of all are you sure that the
preceding of cows and Brahmanas can be interpreted to be that Govinda
bestows special favour unto them ? Perhaps the Brahmins who were
writing the verse just mentioned the cows and themselves first,
wouldn't be all that unusual. Does it explicitly say that they are
held in special regard ?
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dear to the Lord. Even in the spiritual real, the Lord is engaged in
herding the spiritual cows, as stated in the Brahma-samhita:
cintaamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpavrksha-
lakshaavrteshu surabhir abhipaalayantam
lakshmi-sahasra-sata-sambhrama-sevyamaanam
govindam aadi-purusham tam aham bhajaami
"Lord Krishna is situated in a spiritual abode made of transendental gems.
In that abode he is surrounded by millions of desire fulfilling trees
(kalpavrksha), and he takes pleasure in tending the cows. He is always
being served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands
of lakshmis. To that Supreme Lord Govind, who is the original person, I
offer my worship."
This statement uses the "spiritual cow" in the context of the term
"spiritual realm" and thus cannot be used to sanctify a cow in the
ordinary sense in the "earthly" realm.
The great aacaarya, Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, while commenting on
this verse states:
"Kaama-dhenus (cows yielding the fulfillment of desire) give milk
when they are milked; but the kaama-dhenus of Goloka [Vaikuntha]pour forth
oceans of milk in the shape of the fountain of love showering
transcendental bliss that does away with the hunger and thirst of all pure
devotees."
First you have to determine what the term "kamadehnu of Goloka" means!
How did you determine that the Prithvi (earth) is the "spiritual
realm" of Goloka and the ordinary cow is the "spiritual cow" ? Do you
even know what the term "Goloka" is denoting here ?
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