Cow

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Cow is a term used for worldly meanings and Gurmatic meanings too.

In Worldly Meanings, Cow is an Animal which give milk. It is considered as sacred by some communities like Hindu which treated Cow as their Mother.

In Gurbani, Gurmat Cow is called ਧੇਨ੝(Dhen), ਗਊ(Gau), ਗਾਇ(Gayi), ਗਾਊ(Gau). All of these words came in spiritual sense like in Gurbani Mann is called Crow, Snake, etc. So Cow is used in Gurbani as their own sense.

Let's Analyze few quotes:

  • ਧੇਨ੝ ਦ੝ਧੈ ਤੇ ਬਾਹਰੀ ਕਿਤੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਕਾਮ ॥
    Gurbani says ਧੇਨ੝ is useless if it doesn't provide milk. But it is very much used for eating. Or the leather or bones are used too. So We could not limit the meaning in such small sense as this line directs to something which is:

ਧੇਨ੝ here refers to ਮੱਤ/ਬ੝ੱਧੀ(Mind/Brain) and ਦ੝ਧ(Milk) refers to gyaan. Hence it takes the meaning that matt without gyaan(Wisdom) is useless.

In Gurmat, ਮੱਤ is ਮਾਤਾ(Mother) in Gurmat. ਮਤਿ ਮਾਤਾ ਸੰਤੋਖ੝ ਪਿਤਾ ਸਰਿ ਸਹਜ ਸਮਾਯਉ ॥

Same is expressed in other places too..

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ਜੈਸੇ ਗਾਇ ਕਾ ਬਾਛਾ ਛੂਟਲਾ ॥ ਥਨ ਚੋਖਤਾ ਮਾਖਨ੝ ਘੂਟਲਾ ॥੨॥

Now, ਬਾਛਾ(Calf) is the offspring of ਗਾਇ(Cow).

So, ਬਾਛਾ(Calf) is the mann whose maata(Mother) is matt(brain), it takes knowledge from it. And in this pankti, ਬਾਛਾ (mann) sucks ਗਾਇ (gur-matt)(Brain which have guru's wisdom) and gets ਮਾਖਨ੝ (i.e Butter not milk remember) , ie. Mann(Soul) takes Brahm-Gyaan(Spiritual Wisdom) from Gurmatt(turning face toward guru.

This is also one of the reasons that Krishna (mann = Black) aims for Maakhan(Brahm-gyaan = Wisdom) only. But Krishna is mann of all of us, not an old dead man.

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Same is expressed in other places too..

ਬਿਨ੝ ਅਸਥਨ ਗਊ ਲਵੇਰੀ ॥

That this ਗਊ (matt) is laveri without asthan (nipples/udder) possible worldly?(NO). Has anyone seen a cow giving milk from asthan ?? This also testifies that it refers to matt.

And that matt being laveri means

ਖਿਮਾ ਧੀਰਜ੝ ਕਰਿ ਗਊ ਲਵੇਰੀ ਸਹਜੇ ਬਛਰਾ ਖੀਰ੝ ਪੀਝ ॥

This one should be obvious by now.


Namdev has put Gurmat in Brain of King and other Hindus, which is popular known by Sakhi that Namdev made Cow alive. It too have spiritual meaning because nowhere namdev claims that he just woke any Cow.