Dharma & Culture

Gavo Jaganmatarah - Acharya Gangadhar Pathak

पण्डित गङ्गाधर पाठक · English edition 23 October 2026 · Hindi original 11 June 2021 · 2 min read

'Gaavo Jaganmaatarah'

Author: Pandit Gangadhar Pathak 'Vedadyacharya' Chief Priest: Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Shila Pujan, Ayodhya Advisor: Shri Sarveshwar Jayaditya Panchangam, Jaipur

Chief Priest Acharya Shri Gangadhar Pathak having Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi lay the foundation stone of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya

'Gaavo Jaganmaatarah' - Introduction to the Text

The glory of Gomata has been described most extensively in the Vedas and other shastras. Gomata is the refuge of all devas, rishis, and pitras. Thirty-three crore devas reside within her bodily form. The cow is said to embody all tirthas and all devas. Through the worship of Gomata, all of them are worshipped and satiated. By the daily circumambulation of cows alone, Brihaspati became revered by all, Vishnu became worshipped by all, and Indra became endowed with supreme opulence.

Yet how sorrowful and astonishing it is that any two-legged creature in this world should attempt to establish the slaughter of the cow—the universal mother, the bestower of all ultimate welfare who has attained supreme status in the Vedas and other shastras—using those very same Vedic texts to prove her slaughter! Deeply distressed by these onslaughts, the agonized hearts of cow devotees stirred. Inspired by the blessing-laden, noble motivations of several exalted souls who sustain their lives for cow service for the sake of the nation's elevation and the establishment of peace across the entire world, this text, 'Gaavo Jaganmaatarah', subjects the anti-cow and anti-national perverse notions that seek to establish cow slaughter through the Vedas and shastras to a rigorous scholarly critique, thereby proving the bovine race to be avadhya (inviolable) and supremely adorable.

This text, 'Gaavo Jaganmaatarah', which offers a resolution to all anti-cow objections, subdues all demonic assaults and establishes the universal adorability of the bovine race. Jai Gomata, Jai Gopal.....

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Gaavo Jaganmaatarah

— Pandit Gangadhar Pathak 'Vedadyacharya' — Chief Priest: Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Shila Pujan, Ayodhya Advisor: Shri Sarveshwar Jayaditya Panchangam, Jaipur

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पण्डित गङ्गाधर पाठक. “Gavo Jaganmatarah - Acharya Gangadhar Pathak”. YugSamvad, 23 October 2026. https://yugsamvad.com/en/articles/gaavo-jaganmaatarah-aachaarya-gangaadhara-paathaka-daaunaloda-karen

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