Gomatha

 

Gomatha Stotram

सुरभिर्वैष्णवी माता ! सुरलोके महीयसे !! ग्रास मुष्टिर्मया दत्ता ! सुरभे प्रतिगृह्णताम् !!

Surabirvaishnavi Mata ! Suraloke Mahiyase !! Grasa Mushtirmaya Datta ! Surabe Pratigruhnatam !!

 

Gomata Mantra

सर्वकामदुधे देवि सर्वतीर्थीभिषेचिनि l पावने सुरभि श्रेष्ठे देवि तुभ्यं नमोस्तुते ll

Sarvakaamdudhe devi sarvatithirbhishechini l Pavane surbhi shreshte devi tubhyam namostute ll

 

Kamadhenu is an all wish satisfying cow of heavens. The beow prayer is addressed by Indra to Kamadhenu. It has been adapted as a prayer to the cow by all Hindus.

 

Namo devyai Maha devyai, Surabyai cha namo nama.

Gavam Bheeja swaroopaya, Namasthe Jagad Ambike. 1

Salutations to the mother of the world, Who lives as a seed in all cows,

Salutations to that goddess, Who is a great goddess, And who is the wish yielding cow.

 

Namo radha priyayai cha, Padmamsaya namo nama, 

Nama Krishna priyayai cha, Gavam mathre namo nama. 2

Salutations to the pet of Radha, Salutations to the essence of lotus, 

Salutations to the daring of Krishna, Salutations to the mother of all cows.

 

Kalpa vruksha swaroopayai, Sarvesham sathatham pare, 

Ksheeradayai, dhanadayai, Budhidayai namo nama. 3

Salutations to her who gives milk, Riches and intelligence,

Who is the form of wish giving tree, And Who is greater than everything.

 

Shubhayai subhadarayai, gopradhayai namo nama

Yasodhayai kerthidhayai, Dharmadhayai namo nama. 4

Salutations to her who gives good, who takes care of us, and who gives us cows.

Salutations to her who blesses us with Dharma, and who gives us fame and victory.

 

Stotra shravana mathrena, Dushta, hrushta jagatprasu,

Mahendraya varam dhatwa, Go lokam saa yayaou puna. 5

As soon as she who destroys bad ones, Heard this prayer of the king of devas,

She gave him all boons, And went to the abode of cows.

 

Gomatha also known as Kamadhenu, Surabhi, Shaval, Aditi in Sanskrit, is a divine bovine-goddess described in Hindu Religion as the mother of all cows. She is a miraculous "cow of plenty" who provides her owner whatever he desires and is often portrayed as the mother of other cattle as well as the eleven Rudras. In iconography, she is generally depicted as a white cow with a female head and breasts or as a white cow containing various deities within her body.

 

Hindus worship Cow as the most sacred animal and also believe that cow to be not created by Brahma Deva, the creator but where as appeared from a Yagna Kundam when Devatas did a Yagnam.

 

The milk of a cow is believed to promote sattvic (purifying) qualities. The ghee (clarified butter) from the milk of a cow is used in ceremonies and in preparing religious food. Cow dung is used as fertilizer, as a fuel and as a disinfectant in homes. Modern science acknowledges that the smoke from cow dung is a powerful disinfectant and an anti-pollutant. Its urine is also used for religious rituals as well as medicinal purposes. The supreme purificatory material, panchagavya, was a mixture of five products of the cow, namely milk, curd, ghee, urine and dung. The most common word for cow is GHO, cognate with the English COW and Latin BOS, the Sanskrit word for cattle is PASU.

 

Cows are the foremost of all living things. Themselves sacred, they are the best of cleansers and sanctifiers. People should cherish cows for obtaining prosperity and even peace. Cows are said to represent the highest energy both in this world and the world that is above. There is nothing that is more sacred or sanctifying than cows.

 

Cow is the most sacred animal and its life itself is totally dedicated to mankind in many ways. According to the holy scriptures, the three crore Devathasreside in the Cow. That is also a reason why Cow is worshiped as the holy deity, Gomatha.

 

33 Divine Energies

Cow is the form of all the Devatha:s. Cow is the replica of Mother Earth.  Every part of the cow is divine. Worshipping cow bestows all  virtues and eradicates all sins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S.No    Body Part                                     Name of Deva

 

1.         Right Eye                                           Sun

2.         Left Eye                                             Moon

3.         Right Nostril                                       Mitra

4.         Left Nostril                                         Varuna

5.         Forehead                                             Siva

6.         Above Forehead                                 Kubera - The lord of North & Wealth

7.         Right Horn                                          Jaya

8.         Left Horn                                            Vijaya

9.         Right Ear                                             Budha (Mercury)

10.       Left Ear                                               Bhruhaspati (Jupiter)

11.       Throat                                                  Saraswathi - Goddess of Wisdom & Speech

12.       Upper part of Throat                            Vageeshwari - The vocal Speech

13.       Lower part of Throat                           Nakuli Vageeshwari - Subtle Speech

14.       Right Thigh                                         Bhairav – Time as witness

15.       Left Thigh                                           Hanuman

16.       Right Heel to Ankle                             Meru of the East

17.       Left Heel to Ankle                              Ameru of the West

18.       Heart                                                  Vishnu

19.       Hump                                                  Brahma - The creator

20.       Stomach                                              Agni

21.       Below Stomach                                   Bhoodevi - Goddess of Earth

22.       Udder                                                 Amrithasagar (Ocean of Immortality)

23.       Above Udder Hierarchy                       Kumaras, Seven Seers and Naradha

24.       Tip of the Spine                                   Parvathi (Sakthi)

25.       Hind                                                   Sridevi - Goddess of Wealth

26.       Below Hind                                        The celestial sacred waters (Rivers)

27.       Tail                                                    Serpent of Time

28.       Right Thigh                                         Divine Path

29.       Left Thigh                                           Path of Pitris

30.       Right Leg                                            From South Pole Heel to Ankle

31.       Left Leg                                             From North Pole Heel to Ankle

32        Teats

                        Front Right                             Rig Veda

                        Front Left                              Yejur Veda

                        Back Right                             Sama Veda

                        Back Left                              Adharva Veda

33.       Four Hooves

                        Front Right                            Existence

                        Front Left                             Awareness

                        Back Right                           Thought

                        Back Left                             Action