Sometimes a tiffin carrier was stolen by one boy, and he was searching, and then it was . . . so just like the boys do. This was the children's life, to take protection, to give protection to the cows, to the calves. The small children, up to six years, seven years old, they used to take care of the calves, and the elderly men, the used to take care of the . . . or elderly boys, they used to take care of the grown-up cows. So the cows were fed very nicely. Vrajān. Therefore Vṛndāvana is called Vrajabhūmi, "Where there are many cows." It is called Gokula. Gokula. Go means cows, and kula means group. Gokula. Govardhana. Govardhana Hill. Because the cows were grazing on the hill, and profuse grass was being grown, and they are enjoying. So there should be arrangement. Just like here we see, there are so many open fields, and the cows are grazing. But they cannot be happy, because they know that they are simply raised for being killed. They cannot be happy.
So our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is not a sentimental movement. It takes care of all-round social organization. It is not a something like religious sentiment. Everything should be take care of. Therefore we say cow protection. Cow protection. Here it is said, kāmaṁ vavarṣa parjanyaḥ sarva-kāma-dughā mahī. Mahī means land, bhūmi. Agnir mahī gaganam ambu marud-diśaḥ . . . mahī. In another, Brahma-saṁhitā, it is said mahī.
- agnir mahī gaganam ambu marud-diśaś ca
- kālas tathātma-manasīti jagat-trayāṇi
- yasmād bhavanti vibhavanti viśanti yaṁ ca
- govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
- (Bs. 5.51)
This mahī word is used there in the Vedas, Brahma-saṁhitā. What is that mahī? Agnir mahī. You require fire. You require land. You require sky. Agnir mahī gaganam ambu. You require water. Agnir mahī gaganam ambu marut. You require air. You require space. These are requirements. Agnir mahī gaganam ambu marud-diśaś . . . kāla. You require time, duration. Everything is there. Agnir mahī gaganam ambu marud-diśaś ca kālas tathātma . . . Ātmā, ātmā means this body, ātmā means the mind, and ātmā means the soul. So, the Brahma-saṁhitā you see, agnir mahī gaganam ambu marud-diśaś ca kālas tathātma-manasīti jagat-trayāṇi, yasmād bhavanti. Yasmād bhavanti. All these things, wherefrom they are coming? They do not know. Can the scientist say wherefrom so much water has come, so vast ocean, seas? But it has come from Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca . . . bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā (BG 7.4). Bhinnā me prakṛtiḥ. It is Kṛṣṇa's energy. Kṛṣṇa's energy.