Lord Krishna left Mathura due to fulfill the desire of Jarasandh who devoted him with enmity. He kept the residence all the royalists (Rajpurush), his relatives and followers in the capital but there was no place to keep his beloved cows and the cowherds in the middle of the sea (Dwarka). They were kept apart from lord Krishna. Feeling themselves miserable the cows and cowherds started to move in the direction where lord shri Krishna went considering themselves orphan. Bearing the great grief of separation the cows and cowherds came across lord Krishna in the great forest of jal and ker trees. • After visiting lord Krishna the cows and cowherds became so ecstatic that they were unaware of day and night. Thus three days have been passed then Uddhavji proposed to handover the service of looking after the cows to Aniruddh (son of Prdhyumn) and reminded lord Krishna to start the other religious work which were remained uncompleted. Lord Krishna said to Uddhavji, “brother, when I visited the cows and the cowherds in this holy land I felt so ecstatic that I was unaware of day and night. There is nothing but only pleasure here. I didn’t get such a pleasure here. It is the forest of pleasure.” Thus the forest named Anandvan (the forest of pleasure). Now the land again got its name “Anandvan”. • According to the command of lord Krishna, Aniruddh made Anandvan the centre of cows and cowherds and then decentralized the area for the protection of cows from Marwar to Girnar, on the bank of holy river Sarswati, Sindhu and Banas where there was a vast area of pasture there remained pasture (meadows) for thousands of miles. The cowherds started the great work of cow’s protection, cows rearing and increasing of cows on the banks of holy rivers. Finding the company of lord Krishna again the descendants of the cows Surbhi, Nandini and Kamdhenu became fearless and contented. The requirements of cows and cowherd farmers were easily fulfilled by the natural grass in the thousands of acres of land between the river sindhu, banas and the vast sea where the crops of wheat, bajra, jawar, maize, barley, moth, mung and matira etc. were flourished. Lord Krishna used to donate hundred thousands of cows to the other cow rearing kings and Brahmins. • After lord Krishna’s going to (Swadham) his abode, so many natural calimities occurred on this land air and fire gave up their dignity. The result was that the city Dwarikapuri surrounded by sea and the pastures, situated between Sindhu and Banas were covered with water. After that holy work of cows protection and increasing of cows was again started by the dynasty of lord Krishna and Brahmins on the very land after two thousand years. This important work of cows protection, increasing and rearing cows was started on a large scale with millions of cows by the Bhati of Thar, Sodha Rajput, Rajpurohit and Choudhary in Marwar and Ahir, Bharwar, Kachhi and Patel in Kathiawad. Thus the capitals were founded again between the sea and Banas and Sindhu. The heads of the castes Bhati, Sodha, Jodha, Chauhan, Baghela, Solanky etc. were installed on the thrones of these states. The cowherds folk science was fully invented from Hindukush hills to the confluence of narbda on the edge of the sea. At this time the social and religious leaders started agricultural production on a large scale with the help of oxen. Specially the species of Malwa and Kanan were used. The business of ghee, food grain, gur and sugarcane was flourished well. The production from cows and agriculture like gavya, havya and kavya were exported to the other part of the earth. The people of those lands considered themselves thankful to get those things useful for life. Lord Krishna honored the GOP kings of the land this area was fully prosperous with the providence of Kamdhenu’s descendant cows. These people were followers of Vedic universal religion and perform all the religious rituals in religious method. They constructed large dams, tank, and wells with religious feelings. They considered Kamdhenu as their mother and ox as their father. To sell and purchase of cows was considered a crime. To plant protect and look after the useful trees were considered religious affair. The kings and cowherd farmers were generous, prudent and Kamdhenu scientists. They had the blessing of the saint, great men and hermits of the Himalayas and Girnar because all the persons reared cows. The base of the karmyog, gyanyog, and bhaktiyog as well as different internal yoga and spirituality is mother cow Naturally all the great man of the world was pleased with the cowherds. The rearing of cows was based on the view of nature and divine.

Cow's milk is about 87 percent water and 13 percent solids—the solids being a combination of fat, carbohydrates in the form of lactose, minerals and protein. The major component of the milk proteins is casein; in turn about 30-35 percent of the casein (equivalent to two teaspoons in a litre of milk) is beta-casein, of which there are several varieties, determined by the genes of the cow. The most common of these variants are A1 and A2.

A1 beta-casein protein can cause digestive issues. A1 milk releases a peptide called (BetaCaso - Morphine 7) BCM7 which is not broken down into amino acids making it impossible to digest. Many studies have linked consumption of A1 milk to diseases like diabetes, coronary heart disease, autism, schizophrenia, etc.

Those cows whose milk contains A1 type protein are termed as A1 cows. The widely spread Holstein Friesian (HF) and Jersey cows produce A1 type milk.

Milk derived from desi cows is good for the body, mind and soul. Milk is an important source of calcium, protien & fat. A2 milk is the natural milk from our desi cows which is easy to digest and helps increase immunity, it is so called "stomach - approved" milk and helps fight various diseases. Some people have had the experience that their digestive problems, diabetes, cholesterol issues, etc have disappeared from changing to A2 milk.

There are 30 species of cows in India. Red Sindhi, Sahiwal, Gir, Devni, Tharparkar, etc, are main breeds of milk producing cows in India.

From utility point of view Indian cows are divided in three categories.

In first category, there are the cows who gives plenty of milk, but their calf are useless in field work. These types of cows are single breed of superior milk production.

Second type of cows are those who gives less milk, but their calf are good in agriculture and carriage works. These are called single breed of "vatspradhan" . Some cows gives plenty of milk as well as their calf are enormously dynamic in agriculture work. These types of cows are called superior cows.

Following are main species of cows in India :-

1. Sahiwal: are having predominant blood of Afghanistani and Gir species. Head of these cows is wide, horns are small and thick and medium forehead. These are found in Montgomery district of Punjab and around Ravi River at places of Laylpur, Lodharan, Ganjiwar etc. They can live anywhere in India. Once these have given birth to calf they can give milk up to 10 months. The quantity of milk is 10-16 liters of milk. The portion of butter in their milk is enough.

2. Sindhi: The main place of these cows is Kohistan in Sindh. The area of Kelsabela of Baluchistan is famous for these cows. The skin of these cows is wheatish, long length and thick leather. They can also live in another environment and they have amazing power of fighting with various diseases. After reproduction they can give 2000 ltrs of milk within 300 days.

3. Kankrej: The native place of Kankrej cow is south-east corner of the small Gulf of Kutch region, means from Sindh to the south west of Ahmedabad and Radhanpura Pradesh. However, these are also found in Kathiawad, Baroda and Surat. They are the cows of superior race and their demand is also in abroad. The color of these cows is silver gray, brown or black. There are Black marks in their legs are upper portions of their hooves is black. These cows make long and even move while keeping their head up. While walking, except Legs, the whole body appears to be disabled. Therefore, their moves seem odd.

4. Malvi: These cows are not milk giver. Their colour is grey and neck is black. When they grow older, their colour changes to white. These are found around Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh.

5. Nagori: These are found around Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. These cows are not good milk giver, but after reproduction they can give a little milk for many days.

6. Tharparkar: These are milk giver cows. Their colour is grey or white. These are mainly found in Kutch, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and southwest desert of Sindh. These cows eat less feed.

7. Ponwar: These are found in Pilibheet, Puranpur and Kheeri district. They have thin face, straight horns and tall. The length of horns is 12-18 inches. The tail is long. This cow are of short tempered by nature and gives less milk.

8. Bhagnadi: These are found at coastal areas of Nadi River. Jowar is their favorite food. Grass and bread of Grass is also given to them in their food. These Cows are good milk giver.

9. Dajjal: These are found in Deragajikhan district of Punjab. These cows give less milk. Gavlaav: These cows give milk in general volume. And are found in Satpura valley, Wardha, Chhindwara, Nagpur, sivni and Bahiyar. Their color is white and medium stature. These cow moves with lifting their ears.

10. Hariyana: These cows give 8-12 liters of milk per day. The color is white, lavender or light brown. They are tall and stocky and keeps their head up while moving. These are found in Rohtak, Hisar, Sirsa, Karnal, Gurgaon and Jind.

11. Ongol or Nilor: These cows are Milch, beautiful and slow mover. These are found in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Guntur, Nilor, Bapatala and is Sadanpalli. They eat less feed.

12. Others:

Rathi -These cows are of Alwar. Eat less and give plenty of milk.

Gir- they gives 5-8 liters milk per day. And are found in Gir forest of Kathiawar.

Devni - are found in southern Andhra Pradesh and Hinsol, and gives plenty of milk.

Nimadhi - They are found at Narmada river basin. These are dairy cows.

Amritmahal, Hllikar, Bargur, Balmbadi Breeds are vatspardhan breeds of Mysore, Kangayam and Krishnvalli are milk giving cows.

Desi cows have a distinct hump on the back while HF/Jersey cows do not. This is the easiest way to identify a desi cow.

"The devil in the milk" by Dr Keith Woodford Professor of Farm Management and Agribusiness at Lincoln University, New Zealand.

सर्वतीर्थमयी मुक्तिदायिनी गोमाता सर्वे देवा गवामंगे तीर्थानि तत्पदेषु च,

तद्गुह्येषु स्वयं लक्ष्मिस्तिष्ठत्येव सदा पितः.

गोष्पदाक्तमृदा यो हि तिलकं कुरुते नर:,

तिर्थस्नातो भवेत् सद्यो जयस्तस्य पदे पदे.

गावस्तिष्ठान्ति यत्रैव तत्तिर्थं परिकीर्तितं,

प्राणास्त्यक्त्वा नरस्तत्र सद्यो मुक्तो भवेद् ध्रुवं .

(ब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराण, श्रीकृष्णजन्म. २१/ ९१ – ९३ )

गौ के शरीर में समस्त देवगण निवास करते है और गौ के पैरों में समस्त तीर्थ निवास करते है. गौ के गुह्यभाग में लक्ष्मी सदा रहती है. गौ के पैरों में लगी हुई मिट्टी का तिलक जो मनुष्य अपने मस्तक में लगाता है, वह तत्काल तिर्थजल में स्नान करने का पुण्य प्राप्त करता है और उसकी पद-पद पर विजय होती है. जहाँ पर गौए रहती हैं उस स्थान को तीर्थभूमि कहा गया है, ऐसी भूमि में जिस मनुष्य की मृत्यु होती है वह तत्काल मुक्त हो जाता है, यह निश्चित है.

गवां हि तीर्थे वस्तीह गंगा पुष्टिस्तथा तद्रजसि प्रवृद्धा.

लक्ष्मी: करीषे प्रणतौ च धर्मस्तासां प्रणामं सततं च कुर्यात.

(विष्णुधर्मोत्तरपु., द्वि. खं. ४२ / ४९ – ५८)

गौएँ नित्य सुरभिरूपिणी- गौओं की प्रथम उत्पादि का माता एवं कल्याणमयी, पुण्यमयी, सुन्दर श्रेष्ठ गंधवाली हैं. वे गुग्गुल के समान गन्ध से संयुक्त है. गायों पर ही समस्त प्राणियों का समुदाय प्रतिष्ठित है. वे सभी प्रकार के परम कल्याण अर्थात धर्म, अर्थ, काम एवं मोक्ष की भी सम्पादिका है. गायें समस्त उत्कृष्ट अन्नों के उत्पादन की मूलभूता शक्ति है और वे ही सभी देवताओं के भक्ष्यभूत हविष्यान्न और पुरोडाश आदि की भी सर्वोत्कृष्ट मूल उत्पादिका शक्ति हैं. ये सभी प्राणियों को दर्शन-स्पर्शादि के द्वारा सर्वथा शुद्ध निर्मल एवं निष्पाप कर देती है. वे दुग्ध, दधि तथा घृत आदि अमृतमय पदार्थों का क्षरण करती हैं तथा उनके वत्सादि समर्थ वृषभ बनकर सभी प्रकार के भारी बोझा ढोने और अन्न आदि उत्पादन का भार वहन करने में समर्थ होते है. साथ ही वेदमंत्रों से पवित्रीकृत हविष्यों के द्वारा स्वर्ग में स्थित देवताओं तक को ये ही परितृप्त करती है. ऋषि-मुनियों के यहाँ भी यज्ञों एवं पवित्र अग्निहोत्रादि कार्यों में हवनीय द्रव्यों के लिये गौओं के ही घृत, दुग्ध आदि द्रव्यों का प्रयोग होता रहा है. जहाँ कोई भी शरणदाता नहीं मिलता है वहां विश्व के समस्त प्राणियों के लिये गायें ही सर्वोत्तम शरण-प्रदात्री बन जाती है. पवित्र वस्तुओं में गायें ही सर्वाधिक पवित्र है तथा सभी प्रकार के समस्त मंगलजात पदार्थों की कारणभूता है. गायें स्वर्ग प्राप्त करने की प्रत्यक्ष मार्गभूता सोपान है और वे निश्चित रूप से तथा सदा से ही समस्त धन-समृद्धि की मूलभूत सनातन कारण रही है. लक्ष्मी को अपने शरीर में स्थान देनेवाली गौओं को नमस्कार. सुरभी के कुल में उत्पन्न शुद्ध, सरल एवं सुगन्धियुक्त गौओं को नस्कार. ब्रह्मपुत्री गौओं को नमस्कार. अंतर्बाह्य से सर्वथा पवित्र एवं सुदूर तक समस्त वातावरण को शुद्ध एवं पवित्र करने वाली गौओं को बार-बार नमस्कार.

Social importance of cow will never ignored. that it has various angle of connection with our human society. For example it generate high quality food, skin for multipurpose use, millions of employment, high quality soil additives as dung and bone, consume extra agricultural part of farm, and live like our family member.

Research has shown that cows clearly understand cause-and-effect relationships—a sure sign of advanced cognitive abilities..Researchers have found that not only can cows figure out problems, they also, like humans, enjoy the intellectual challenge and get excited when they find a solution.

According to research, cows are generally very intelligent animals who can remember things for a long time. Animal behaviorists have found that cows interact in socially complex ways, developing friendships over time and sometimes holding grudges against other cows who treat them badly.

Cow milk as a source of salts, minerals, and vitamins
Cow milk is a homogeneous diet and content Calcium, phosphate, magnesium, sodium, potassium, citrate, and chlorine are all included as minerals and they typically occur at concentration of 5–40 mm. The milk salts strongly interact with casein, most notably calcium phosphate. It is present in excess and often, much greater excess of solubility of solid calcium phosphate. In addition to calcium, milk is a good source of many other vitamins. Vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, K, E, thiamine, niacin, biotin, riboflavin, folates, and pantothenic acid are all present in milk.
Milk is packed with calcium, vitamins and proteins in abundance which makes it the perfect food to start your day Gandhi Ji said that milk is a complete food of human.

Cow dairy as a source of employment
The majority of the world’s poor live in rural areas in developing countries. They depend on agriculture production for income and food security. Poor people should not have their income or food security deriving from a single source; they need a number of safety nets or livelihood diversifications.

Although dairying requires a lot of labor, the demand is evenly distributed over the year and creates income opportunities beyond the farm gate. Dairy development often increases the workload of women, but it is also an opportunity for them to become more actively involved in an economic activity and the process of change. Furthermore dairying generates a regular income for farming communities and this encourages men and women to participate in milk production activities.

Employment opportunities in the rural non-farm economy, most of the work involved in milk production on the farm is done by family members. It is estimated that smallholder dairy farming generates approximately an additional 50 full time wage employment opportunities per 1000 liter of milk produced on a daily basis. Dairying also creates other jobs indirectly linked to milk production through supplying inputs and services to farmers. For example, small-scale traders are an important, and often a cost effective, link between producers and consumers while they generate income for themselves.

Bullock Transportation in India
India is an agricultural country, 70% of people here depend on agriculture ox cart is the main means of transportation. The oxen were plowing the land too. The modern science have proven that - oxen tractor, water pump, flour machine , power generators, and various types of machine can also be operated by oxen .

Cow Base Economy -
From the early age India developed cow base economy. So cow is its undivided part, It is considered that the economy of India was still predominantly agricultural and cow progeny is its backbone. Bulls and bullocks are useful not only as draught animal but also for agricultural purposes and breeding. They never cease to be useful as their dung is also a form of rich manure. Considering their usefulness, it was felt necessary to preserve and protect this cow progeny, including bulls and bullocks.

"THE COW is a poem of pity. One reads pity in the gentle animal. She is the mother to millions of Indian mankind. Protection of the cow means protection of the whole dumb creation of God. The ancient seer, whoever he was, began with the cow. The appeal of the lower order of creation is all the more forcible because it is speechless."
- Mahatma Gandhi

लक्ष्मीश्च गोमये नित्यं पवित्र सर्वमंगल्या |

अर्थात- गोबर में परम पवित्र सर्व मंगलमयी श्री लक्ष्मी जि का नित्य निवास है , जिसका अर्थ यही है की गोबर में साडी धन -सम्पदा समायी हुई है| लाभ तो अनेक है उसमे से कुछ उधृत इस प्रकार है |

कृषि-विकास में गोवंश का योगदान --
प्राचीन काल से गोवंश हमारे देख की अर्थव्यवस्था में विशेष योगदान देता आ रहा है. गाय हमारी संस्कृति से अतीत कल से सम्बद्ध है. इसे माता की संज्ञा इसलिए दी गयी है कि यह हमारे जीवन का केंद्र-बिंदु रही है. ठीक माँ जिस भांति बच्चों की देख-रेख, भरण-पोषण करती है, उसी भांति गाय हमारे विकास में भागीदार है. दूध और उससे बनी वस्तुओं के अतिरिक्त हमारे आर्थिक निवां में गोवंश की बड़ी महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका और योगदान है.

गोशाला(dairy farm) से सर्वाधिक लाभ -
कृषि के विकास में गोवंश का महत्त्वपूर्ण योगदान रहा है और भविष्य में रहेगा भी. इस सन्दर्भ में विगत वर्षों में किये गये शोध तथा परीक्षणों के आधार पर कई आंकड़े सामने आये है. पंजाब में किये गये शोध-कार्य ने स्पष्ट किया है कि देरी-उद्योग किसान के दिये अन्न-उत्पादन की अपेक्षा अधिक लाभकर है. इसी दिशा में और अधिक गौ-वंश-फार्मिंग में अधिक लाभ हुआ. आंकड़ों के अनुसार डेरी-उद्योग के अंतर्गत भी गौ-वंश पर आधारित फार्मिंग में प्रति रु. 100 की लगातार रु. 117 की आय हुई, जब कि भैंस-वंश-फार्मिंग में रु. 114 की आय हुई. इससे स्पष्ट होता है कि यध्यपि भैंस भारतीय डेरी-उद्योग में प्रमुख ईकाई है तथापि गाय का योगदान किसान के लिये आर्थिक दृष्टि से अपेक्षाकृत अधिक है. यह हमारे लिये एक गर्व की बात है.

गोबर से लाभ-
गोबर मल नहीं है खाद है, जिसका मूल्य भारतीय किसान भली-भांति जानता है. कृषि-वैज्ञानिकों ने अन्वेषण करने के उपरांत यह निष्कर्ष निकाला है कि गोबर के सेंद्रिय खाद के प्रयोग से भूमि की उर्वराशक्ति बढ़ती है. एक गाय अथवा बैल के एक दिन के गोबर से लगभग रु. 40-50 की खाद तैयार होती है. उर्वरक के साथ-साथ गोबर-गैस संयंत्रों से ईंधन और प्रकाश की भी पूर्ति होती है तथा जनरेटर चलाकर बिजली भी उत्पन्न की जाती है. इस प्रकार निर्धन किसान को पुरे साल रोजगार देने और उसकी आमदनी में वृद्धि करने का श्रेय गोवंश को जाता है.
गोबर और गोमूत्र का समुचित उपयोग करने से जो आय होती है, उससे गाय-बैल के भरण-पोषण का खर्च निकालने के पश्चात् भी बचत ही रहेगी, ऐसी स्थिति में गाय का दूध और बैल का परिश्रम उसके पालकों को मुफ्त में प्राप्त होगा, जिससे उनके परिवारों में समृद्धि आयेगी.

खाद की खर्चे से बचत – गोबर में ऐसी क्षमता है कि यदि कूड़े-कचरे के ढेर-कचरे के ढेरपर गोबर घोल बनाकर डाला जाय तो वह कूड़ा-कचरा तीन-चार माह में उपयोगी खाद बन जाता है. गोवर्धन केंद्र पुसद (यवतमाल) में इसका सफल प्रयोग करने से ज्ञात हुआ कि एक किलोग्राम गोबर से तीस किलोग्राम उपयोगी खाद तैयार हुई.

बर्तनों की सफाई-करोड़ों रूपये की बचत – भारत के गांवों, कस्बों तथा शहरों में रहने वाले करोड़ों लोग भी अपने बर्तनों की सफाई गोबर की राख से करते है. यदि यह सफाई किसी क्लीनिंग-पाउडर से की जय तो लाखों टन पावडर लगेगा, जिसका मूल्य करोड़ों रूपये होगा. गोबर की राख बिना मूल्य के लोगों को मिल जाती है और किसी प्रकार से हानिकारक भी नहीं है. यह अत्यंत पवित्र मानी जाती है.

दुर्गन्ध नाशक केमिकल की खेर्चे से बचत – गोबर के कंडों (उपलों) को ईंधन के रूप में जलाने के पश्चात् जो राख शेष रह जाती है वह भी अपने में एक उत्कृष्ट मलशोधक है. गावों में जहा शोचालय नहीं है, वहां आज भी लोग मल की दुर्गन्ध समाप्त करने के लिये राख का छिड़काव करते है. छिड़काव होते ही मल की दुर्गन्ध समाप्त हो जाती है और कालांतर में यह मल भी खाद के रूप में परिवर्तित हो जाता है.

कीटनाशक के खेर्चे से बचत-
गोबर की राख का उपयोग हमारे किसान भाई अपने खेतों में खाद और कीटनाशक के रूप में भी अनेक वर्षों से करते आये है. खेत में राख पड़ने से दीमक आदि कीड़े नहीं पनपते तथा फसल अच्छी होती है.

गैस, बिजली और खाद की खर्चे से बचत-
अरबों रूपये का उत्पादन- जहाँ पर गोबर की जिस मात्रा में उपलब्धता हो, उसी के अनुसार छोटे अथवा बड़े गोबर-गैस संयत्र लगाये जा सकते है. गोबर-गैस संयत्र से ईंधन के रूप में ही नहीं बल्कि बिजली उत्पादन में भी महत्वपूर्ण उपयोग है.

दवाई की खर्चे की वचत -
दूध, दही, घी, गोमूत्र तथा गोबर से विभिन्न रोगों के रोकथाम हेतु कई प्रकार की औषधियां भी बनाई जाती है. यह घरेलु और सस्ता है | इसके सेवन करने से शरीर, मन, बुद्धि और अंतःकरण के विकार समाप्त हो जाते है. साथ ही व्यक्ति इसके उपयोग करने से अंग्रेगी दवाइयों के दुस्प्रभाव से बचेगा और उसे अतिरिक्त आर्थिक बोझ नहीं पड़ेगा.

प्रदुषण एवं आणविक विकिरण से बचाव के लिये गोबर रक्षा-कवच है – हमारे देश में हजारों वर्षों से यज्ञ की वेदी तथा आवास-गृह गोबर एवं पिली मिट्टी से लीपने की परंपरा रही है. गोबर के लीपने से सभी हानिकारक कीटाणु-विषाणु नष्ट हो जाते है. वायु-प्रदुषण एवं आणविक विकिरण से रक्षा होती है.

भारत की गाय केवल दुधारू नहीं है. अपितु यह लौकिक और पारलौकिक सारी कामनाएं पूरी करनेवाली कामधेनु अहि. इससे लाखों परिवारों का पालन-पोषण होता है.

Cow and Environment:

1) Cow's Voice destroys all the bacteria in the environment and spread Pious waves.

2) oxygen is produced by offering Cow's ghee in fire. - Scientific Shirovicha, Russia

3) spraying of cow's urine and dung is useful in out breaking dirt and epidemic.

4) The breathing of cow, Cow dung, Cow urine purifies atmosphere.

5) Event - A patient of TB cured just by collecting cow dung and staying in cowshed.

6) To avoid the fatal consequences of Worldwide molecular and molecule fluid effects the famous scientist Shirovich of Russia  has suggested -

    * Cow's milk, yogurt, buttermilk, ghee, etc. should be taken by each individual.

    * Roof, wall and courtyard of home should be smeared from the dung.

    * Compost prepared with cow dung should be used in agriculture field.

    * To prevent atmosphere from deadly radiation cow's ghee should be offered in fire.

7) 4,500 liters of Biogas can be get from per cow dung per year.  if entire cow dung of country is used in biogas plants then we can save 6.8 million tons of wood which we are currently using for burning as fuel. It can save nearly 14 million trees.

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE

Cow Breeding is important for Environmental Protection. Lord Krishna has said Cow as 'Kamdhenu' that meets all our desires. All Gods reside in the body of Cow. The scriptures states that deity of wealth Lakshmi first appeared as the cow and Bilva tree originated from its dung.  The praise of cows is mentioned in the Vedas with spirit of hymns and mantras.

"Hey Cows! You are provider of food, With your kind we get food. You are adorable. on serving you we get virtuous and high sense. You are giver of energy and strength, you enable us to get energetic and strengthen. You raise funds and property, so we also have growth in property.'"  --  Yajurveda

गोमाता – विषनाशनी

           “जा घर तुलसी अरु गाय, ता घर वैध्य कबहू न जाय .

                  कहा है : जीवन्तु अवन्ध्या: ता में विषस्य दूषनिः

  अर्थ : अवध्य गौवें जीवित रहें, वे विष दूर करती है. आयुर्वेद में विषैले पदार्थों को गौमूत्र से ही शुद्ध किया जाता है.

     “गौमुत्रे, त्रिदिनं, स्थाप्यय विषं तेन विशुध्यति”.

  यह गोमाता के विषय में एक विशेषता है.

  गाय के खाने में कभी विषैला या हानिकारक तत्व आ जाता है हो वह उसको उसके मांस में सोख लेती है तथा मूत्र, गोबर एवं दूध में उत्सर्जित नहीं करती है अथवा अति अल्प मात्रा में छोड़ती है. ऐसा अन्य पशुओं को पदार्थ देकर दूध व मूत्र परीक्षा करके जाँच में पाया गया है. इसीलिए गौमूत्र, पवित्र व गौमय, मल शोधक है. गौ दूध तो विषनाशक है ही, गौमूत्र का पंचगव्य में समावेश हुआ है. पंचगव्य को समस्त रोग नाशक कहा है.

           “यत्वगस्थी, गतं, पापं देहे, तिष्ठति, मामके.

            प्राशनात, पंचगव्यस्य, दहस्यग्रिरीवेंधनं.

   अर्थ – त्वचा से अस्थि तक, जो भी पाप (रोग) मेरे शरीर में हो, वे ऐसे नष्ट हो जाते है जैसे अग्नि से इंधन.

“गौमूत्र का आयुर्वेद रीती से वर्णन, औषधि एवं उपयोगिता

  आयुर्वेद, वेदों से लिया, चिकित्सा का अंग है. वेद, ब्रह्मा मुख से कहे गए है. ब्रह्म वाक्य जनार्दनम है. इसलिए आप्तोपदेश कहा है. गौमूत्र प्रभाव से भी निरोग करता है. “अचिन्त्य शक्ति” इति प्रभाव कहा है. जिस शक्ति को चिंतन (वर्णन) नहीं किया जा सकता है, उसे प्रभाव कहते है. गौमूत्र के आयुर्वेद में गुण बताए है.