Gomata

The cowherd boys tell Nimai, “O brother. You are a gopala. Your form as a brahmana boy does not suit You. Come, I will carry You on my shoulders, and we will go herd the cows. We will head towards your mother’s place in Māyāpur.”
One gopa affectionately gives curds mixed with condensed milk, and another gopa becomes unsteady just by seeing the wonderful form of the Lord. Another gopa gives fruits and flowers. saying. “Come to my house every day.”
“You are worshiped by the brahmanas, but You are also the Lord of us gopas. We cannot give You up. You are the object of our knowledge and meditation. Look, even the cows give up their calves and grass and begin mooing on seeing You.
“Since it is late now, go home to Your father’s house, and tomorrow we will meet here again. I will keep yogurt, curds. and condensed milk for You, but if You are late. I will become upset.”
In this way Gaura and Nitai would daily play with the cowherd boys in the Godruma forest. Then, if not too late. Gauranga would bathe in the Ganges before proceeding home.
When will I see these pure love-filled pastimes of Gauranga in Godruma? Will such a day ever be mine? Aspiring to serve the Lord in the company of the gopas with their sentiments, I will reside in a cottage in Godruma with a fixed mind.
(Sri Navadvipa Bhava-taranga)

Cow protection is the business of the vaisyas and along with our preaching, this is the most important work. We must have a good section of Brahmanas in our society and we must also have a good group of vaisyas who can grow grains and tend cows, and thus supply the society with food-grains and milk products from the cow like ghee, curd, cream, etc. If you can help in Mayapur it would be very much appreciated.
(750526 – Letter to Hasyakari written from Honolulu)