கோ ஸம்ரக்ஷணம் நம்முடைய அத்யாவச்யக் கடமையாதலால், இதை நடைமுறை ஸாத்யமில்லாத கார்யம் என்று தள்ளிவிடாமல், சில ச்ரமங்கள் இருந்தாலும் அவற்றைச் சமாளித்துக் கொண்டு, கஷ்ட நஷ்டப் பட்டாவது அவச்யம் இதைச் செய்ய வேண்டும். அப்படியொன்றும் கஷ்டமும் நஷ்டமும் பெரிசாக வந்து விடாது. பால் மறுத்த பசுக்களைக் கட்டித் தீனி போட முடியவில்லை என்பதால்தானே அவற்றைக் கசாப்புக் கடைக்கு அனுப்புவது? அப்படித் தாய்த் தெய்வமும், தெய்வத் தாயுமான கோ கொலைக் களத்துக்குப் போகிறதுதான் பெரிய கஷ்டமும் நஷ்டமும். அது நேராமல் பார்த்துக் கொள்வதற்குச் செய்கிற எந்த முயற்சியும் கஷ்ட நஷ்டங்களில் சேராது. – ஜகத்குரு ஸ்ரீ சந்திரசேகரேந்திர சரஸ்வதி ஸ்வாமிகள்
Gho Samrakshanam (preservation of cows) is our essential duty, we should not dismiss it up as an impracticable affair and should execute it to our best, braving against all odds, even if it has a few inconveniences and practical difficulties. Actually no big trouble or loss is going to befall us while doing this. Are we not sending the unyielding cows to the slaughter houses only because we are unable to feed them any longer? It is the cow which is an embodiment of motherhood as well as Divine going to the slaughter house is the greatest trouble and loss. All other efforts undertaken to prevent this tragedy cannot be considered as a difficulty or loss. – Jagadguru Chandrasekharendra Saraswathy Swamigal
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Namaskaram All,
Please see the auction notice from Chettinadu govt. farm below scheduled for Nov 10 couple of days from today. While it is a real pity and a shame that Govt. themselves are engaging in categorizing Gho Mathas as ‘Waste’ (Kazhivu in Tamizh) and selling it off what else can one say? Anyways, the lives of 58 Gho Mathas are at stake as the farm has decided they are not of use to them anymore. This notice has been published in the local daily news paper. For these kind of auctions the local slaughterhouses form a syndicate and try to buy all the cows. I’m trying to see if we can somehow sneak in and save as many cows we can. Not only cows, poor goats and pigs are also sold which is very disheartening as well.
There are several things that are going on in my head including funding, transportation, labor, where to take these 58 cows, etc; The auction date is on Nov 10 (Tuesday) and Viswanathan and myself plan to leave on Sunday night or early Monday AM to register ourselves for the auction, stay overnight to participate in the auction, buy and save as many lives as much we can, work on transportation and other logistics to transport the rescued cows to the identified place(s) which are yet to be finalized.
This auction notice was brought to Sri Periyava’s attention. HH took sometime last evening to review the entire auction notice, was surprised and asked, “Is the Govt. themselves doing this?”. He asked further details on auction and after clarifications asked me to meet HH after coming back from the auction. The plan is to talk about the Gho Matha rescue operations in detail and how well we can integrate them with Veda Patasalas. HH has provided his Paripoorna blessings for this enormous cow rescue effort. Many thanks to Shri Raghu, Sri Periyava’s Poorvashrma brother in helping get Sri Periyava’s Aseervadhams on this. We need our Acharya’s Anugraham in abundance to pull this off.
58 is not a small number by any means considering every single cow in the auction will have to be bid one by one, paid in cash get the receipt before we can even move onto the next one. Also, depending on the number of cows rescued we need to concurrently work on transportation, rope, cow feed till they reach their destination, etc.
My guess is the base price of a cow at the auction will be around Rs. 15k. Though there are many followers of this blog only a handful contribute consistently for cow rescue efforts. If we all can join hands together we can easily save all the 58 innocent lives in the auction.
Will these 58 Gho Mathas & Rishabams see the sun rise on Nov 11? It is up to us and our actions will determine whether that will happen or not.
Sri Periyava Thiruvadi Sharanam. Rama Rama
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Translation of auction notice below. (Many thanks to Shri Balaji and Shri Karthik for the translation)
Government of Tamilnadu, Dept of Livestock, District Chettinadu,
Waste elimination team have identified as waste to be auctioned, as approved by Director, the following through this public auction notice. – Director, Dept of Livestock, Chennai
SN Details of Livestock to be auctioned Numbers Auction Participation Amount
1 Tharbarkar Cow 17 Rs.5,000 Demand draft (DD)
2 Jersey mixed cow 10
3 Friesian mixed cow 12
4 Sahiwal bull 1
5 Friesian mixed bull 4
6 Jersey mixed bull 10
7 Sahiwal cow 4
8 Ramanathapuram white Semmari Goat 8 Rs.2,000 DD
9 Jamunabaari white goat 3
10 Thalaisery white goat 23
11 White pig 14 Rs.2,000 DD
Auction Date: 10.11.2020 at 11AM
Auction Place: District Livestock Farm, Chettinadu
Qualification to participate: On 09.11.2020 between 10AM and 5PM, deposit DD for appropriate amount (based on livestock) with photocopy of ID or signed photo of the person participating in the auction deposit the DD to the District Livestock at the District Livestock Farm and get a admission receipt for the auction. DD from a nationalized bank in favour of “Deputy Director (AH) District Livestock Farm, Chettinad” payable at Karaikudi. Only people with the admission will be allowed for the public auction on 10.11.2020. Priority for people who run Ghoshalas.
Terms and conditions for the auction can be obtained from the Office of the Deputy Director, District Livestock Farm, Chettinadu.
Also, admission or denial to attend the auction and other government authorised power rests with the auction team.
– Deputy Director (AH) District Livestock Farm, Chettinad.
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பசுவைப் பேணிக் காப்பது ஸர்வ பலன்களையும் அளிக்கும் பரம புண்யம். இதைச் சொல்லும் கையோடேயே அதைப் புறக்கணிப்பது சாபங்களை வாங்கித் தரும் மஹா பாபம் என்பதற்கும் ஆதாரமிருப்பதைச் சொல்லாமலிருக்க முடியவில்லை. ஸூர்ய வம்சத்திலே வந்த மஹாத்மாவான ராஜா திலீபன் வாழ்க்கையில் இரண்டுக்கும் சான்று இருக்கிறது. அவர் தேவலோகம் சென்றிருந்தபோது காமதேனுவை ப்ரதக்ஷிணம் செய்யாமல் வந்து விடுகிறார். அந்தத் தப்புக்காக அவருக்கு ஸந்ததி வாய்க்காது என்று சாபம் ஏற்படுகிறது. சாப நிவ்ருத்தி என்றும் ஒன்று உண்டே! அது என்ன? அந்தக் காமதேனுவின் கன்றான நந்தினி, ஸூர்ய வம்சத்தின் குலகுரு வஸிஷ்டரிடம் இருக்கிறது. வஸிஷ்டர் சொன்னதின் பேரில் அதற்கு ஒரு மாட்டுக்காரன் செய்வதைவிட பக்தியுடன் திலீபன் மேய்த்து கட்டி, குளிப்பாட்டிவிட்டு, இன்னும் எல்லாக் கைங்கர்யமும் செய்கிறார். பத்னி ஸுதக்ஷிணையுடன் சேர்ந்து அப்படிப் பண்ணுகிறார். சாபம் நிவ்ருத்தி ஆகிறது. சாபம் நிவ்ருத்தியாகி ஏதோ ஒரு சாமானியப் பிள்ளை பிறந்தது என்றில்லாமல் ஸூர்யவம்சத்துக்கு ரகு வம்சம் என்றே இன்னொரு பெயர் ஏற்படும்படியான பெருமைகள் நிறைந்த ரகு திலீபனுக்குப் புத்ரனாகப் பிறந்தவன் தான். அப்புறம் பகவானே ரகுராமனாக அவதாரம் செய்யவும் அதுவே அடிப்படை. – ஜகத்குரு ஸ்ரீ சந்திரசேகரேந்திர சரஸ்வதி ஸ்வாமிகள்
To preserve a cow is a great Punyam which offers innumerable benefits. While saying this it is difficult to avoid mentioning that there is enough proof to show that abandoning the cow is a great sin which could fetch curse too. The life of King Dileepan, an ascendant of Surya Vamsa and a great soul, has proof for both these aspects. When he visits Deva Loka, he fails to do Prathakshinam (circumambulation) to the Holy cow Kamadhenu. Due to this blunder, a curse befalls on him that he would not be blessed with issues in his life. There is always a ‘Saapa Nivruthi’ (redemption) for every curse, is it not? What is it then? Nandhini, the calf of Kamadhenu, is in the possession of Sage Vasishta who is the Kula Guru of Surya Vamsa. On the advice of Vasishta, Dileepan looks after the calf with utmost devotion, taking more care than a cow herd – bathing it, feeding it and doing all other services for it. He does everything along with his Pathni (wife) Sudhakshina. His curse gets redeemed. It’s just not that the curse got redeemed and an ordinary child was born to him but he begot a son called Raghu who was so great that the entire race was named as Raghu Vamsam after him. Also this was the basis for Bhagavan to incarnate later as Raghuraman. – Jagadguru Chandrasekharendra Saraswathy Swamigal
