What would happen if someone kills cow in Hinduism (Brahmadatta and his brothers story)
What would happen if someone kills cow in Hinduism (Brahmadatta and his brothers story)
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Let us understand this from a great story from our great Hindu Puranas (Divine texts):
There used to be a Rishi / sage named Koushika. Koushika had seven sons namely Svasripa, Krodhana, Himsra, Pishuna, Kavi, Vagadushta and Pitrivarti.
These sons all became disciples of the great Rishi / sage Garga. After Koushika died, there was a terrible drought on earth. Famine raged and people went hungry.
Rishi Garga had asked his disciples to tend to his cattle and the seven brothers had taken the cattle to the forest, so that they might browse on the grass that grew there.
The brothers suffered so much from hunger, that they decided to slay one of the cows and eat it.
"Killing a cow would be a sin," remarked the youngest. "If we have to kill the cow, let us at...