Text 11] The Churning of the Milk Ocean 295
TEXT 11
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ma: wa Tatty Taeat aAraAaT 112 211
abhisecanika bhiimir
Gharat sakalausadhih
gavah pafica pavitrani
vasanto madhu-madhavau

abhisecanikah—paraphernalia required for installing the Deity;
bhiimih—the land; dharat—collected; sakala—all kinds of; ausadhih—
drugs and herbs; gavah—the cows; pafica—five different varieties of
products from the cow, namely milk, yogurt, clarified butter, cow dung
and cow urine; pavitrdni—uncontaminated; vasantah—personified
springtime; madhu-madhavau—flowers and fruits produced during
spring, or in the months of Caitra and Vaisdkha.

TRANSLATION

The land became a person and collected all the drugs and herbs
needed for installing the Deity. The cows delivered five products,
namely milk, yogurt, ghee, urine and cow dung, and spring per-
sonified collected everything produced in spring, during the
months of Caitra and Vaisakha [April and May].

PURPORT

Pafica-gavya, the five products received from the cow, namely milk,
yogurt, ghee, cow dung and cow urine, are required in all ritualistic
ceremonies performed according to the Vedic directions. Cow urine and
cow dung are uncontaminated, and since even the urine and dung of a
cow are important, we can just imagine how important this animal is for
human civilization. Therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Krsna, directly advocates go-raksya, the protection of cows. Civilized
men who follow the system of varnasrama, especially those of the vaisya
class, who engage in agriculture and trade, must give protection to the
cows. Unfortunately, because people in Kali-yuga are mandah, all bad,
