Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya !

Paramacharya describes how to execute the great task of protecting cows, nothing is impossible if there are people who are willing to do service, all we need is a bunch of service-minded people who can contribute money for building shelter homes for cows, volunteers who can collect fodder from different areas, this is applicable to all the religion, protection of cow is a pious deed, abandoning a cow bring curse in the family.  There is a legend of King Dilipa of the solar dynasty, he visited the abode of deities but he overlooked divine cow Kamadhenu, because of that he got a curse that he will not have a progeny.  King Dilipa’s preceptor was Sage Vashishta who advised him to nurture cow/Nandini who is the daughter of Kamadhenu, he and his wife Sudhakshina sincerely followed the advice of his preceptor took great care of Nandini and relieved from the curse.  They had a child Raghu, later he became illustrious among the solar dynasty/Raghuvamsha.  In olden days there was the land for grazing the cattle and small water tanks were built to put out their thirst, there were milestones that were useful for them to rub their bodies against it to get rid of itching.  Nowadays there is hardly any place for grazing the cattle.    a cow is a national wealth, it serves human society until its death.  Acharya was against the idea of consumption of caffeine, which has many adverse effects on human health.  The performance of Yajja has reduced considerably, therefore the usages of ghee also have reduced, and devotees should make sure to offer ghee to temples and mutt, which could remove the internal as well as external impurities. We should make sure and always remember that whatever we receive from the cows are put into the usage of religious and spiritual needs first, we have the right to use only the remaining, because we are not spending one-third of her compassion in protecting her, hence the greater part of all that given out of love by her in the form of milk, butter, buttermilk, curd, ghee, cow dung, urine, etc..   it should spend in the service of the Supreme Lord.  A law should be enacted in order to prohibit cow slaughtering, our country has a law to protect the wild animals and sandalwood trees, and unfortunately, we do not have a law to protect a cow which is the pillar of righteousness and the welfare of the Universe.  Rishabha/bull and cow are considered as Dharmadevatha, their four legs represent austerity/penance, purity, compassion and truth.  The ideal way to get rid of the evil effects of Kali era is to protect Dharma, it is essential to protect the cow, there is no wealth equivalent to a cow.   There was a practice among us to donate cows during spiritual rites, it removes all the sins of the worshiper and it is considered an ideal way to perform charity.  Our Acharya was a noble soul, he had a great love for cows, and he ensured all the cows were treated properly in the mutt, not only cows all the creatures were treated with kindness, compassion, and love.