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and dung). The Vedic literature such as the Atharva Veda, Charaka Samhita,
Sushruta Samhita, and others praise the beneficial use of panchagavya.

Panchagavya, an organic product has the poten al to play the role of pro-
mo ng growth and providing immunity to plants. It consists of the original
five cow products plus the addi on of jiggery (natural cooked down sugar
cane juice), fresh banana, tender coconut and water. When suitably mixed
and used as an organic fer lizer for crops, it has demonstrated very posi ve
effects such as increased yield, be er root and leaf development.

The individual ingredients of panchagavya also have their beneficial effects.
Milk, ghee and yogurt provide all the nutri on necessary for maintaining
health and vitality for human beings. Bhak vedanta Swami Prabhupada has
explained the physical and spiritual benefits of pure cow milk in tradi onal
Vedic society.

“The Vedic civiliza on, the brahmanas, they used to live in the forest, and the
king would offer them some cows. So they will draw some milk. And in the
forest there are fruits, so they will eat fruits and milk. And if the disciples go
to the village, beg some food grain, then some mes they cook some food
grains. Otherwise the brahmanas used to live in the forest, drink milk and
take fruit. That is sufficient. There was no need of jumping here and there.
Anywhere you keep cows. And what cows to maintain? No expenditure. The
fruits? The skin thrown away, and the cow will eat. And in exchange it will
give you nice foodstuff, milk. Or it will eat in the grazing ground, some grass.
So there is no expenditure of keeping cows, but you get the best food in the
world. The proof is that the child born simply can live on milk. That is the
proof. So anyone can live only on milk. If you have got the opportunity to
drink one pound milk maximum, not very much -- half-pound is sufficient;
suppose one pound -- then you don't require any other foodstuff. Only this
cow's milk will help you. It is so nice. And it gives very nice brain, not pig's
brain. So it is so important thing. Other..., why Krsna says go-raksya? He did
not say that "pig-raksya." No. "Dog-raksya." No. Now they are interested in
dog-raksya instead of cow-raksya. This is the civiliza on. They'll spend mil-
lions of dollars for dog, not for cow.” (Lecture SB 6.1.21 Honolulu, May 21,
1976)

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