Use of Cow-Dung

(GOBAR)

About Cow:

When the surabhi cows first manifested from the aroma of ambrosial nectar they performed severe penance for 100,000 years for the purpose of acquiring the spiritual merit to be the foremost of all things needed for the performance of Vedic rituals and ceremonies; thus only from cow milk exclusively is sanctified ghee produced for the performance of Vedic rituals.

Whatever is produced from any and all other types of milk is not authorised by Vedic scriptures and thus not being sanctioned by the Vedas can never be used in any Vedic rituals or ceremonies.

At the conclusion of the surabhi cows austerities Brahma himself appeared before them and granted their wishes blessing them with the benediction that cows would eternally be the sustainers of all creatures.

Importance of Cow-Dung:

Besides, gau-mutra is a well known disinfectant. Anti-septic property is also the attribute of cow dung (gobar) which is mixed with clay to form a plastering medium for mud huts. It is a proven fact that mud huts plastered with gobar keeps insects and reptiles away. This is the reason why people in the countryside still store grain in huge earthen pots plastered with gobar and gau mutra to keep it free from insect manifestations.

COW-DUNG 

In many ways we use cow-dung. Some of them are as given below:

Brass polisher - Tamarind removes oxidation - wet ashes polishes.

Fertilizer - Alkaline - cow dung ash is basically lime with a few other mineral mixed in.

Fertilizer - Composting makes it even more powerful.

Floor coating - Used mixed with mud and water on floors in mud houses. It improves water absorption of mud. Hence, prevents muddy puddles resulting from spilt water.

Fuel - Cow dung patties (gootte) for cooking.

Heat source - Cow dung is naturally hot -compost makes hotter put in glass house to heat glass house or run pipes thru it to get hot water.

Mud additive - Dries up slippery mud puddles.

Mud brick additive - Mud and lime (cow dung ashes) becomes like cement.

Pond PH balancer - Thrown into pond neutralizes acid.

Pot cleaner - Used dry absorbs oil and fat wet as a general cleaner.

Purifier - Natural antiseptic qualities.

Seed protector - Covering seeds in dung before planting helps to protect against pests.

Skin tonic - Mixed with crushed neem leaves smeared on skin - good for boils and heat rash.

Smoke producer - Smoldering cow patties keep away mosquitoes. Can also make smoked paneer over such smoke & ash - from patties used in cooking.

Tooth polish – Its ash used as good tooth polisher.

Panchagabya – The mix of milk, curd, ghee, cow-dung, cow-urine.

In Skanda Purana, Shri Vishnu explains to Narada as to how to perform the Satyanarayana Puja - "The place of worship must be anointed with COW DUNG first & then decorated with Rangoli (colorful designs made with rice flour) of five colors, and a new cloth must be spread, there after only the Puja can be done." 

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu confirms in “Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita adi lila”, chapter 17 verse 166:

"go-ange yata loma tata sahasra vatsara

go-vadhi raurava-madhye pace nirantar."

Cow killers and cow eaters are condemned to rot in hell for as many thousands of years as there are for each hair on the body of every cow they eat from. Cows are superior to all yogis and ascetics and because of this liberated divine being perform their austerities in the company and presence of cows.