Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1888

c7.1888

The next Kāmadhenu is the one which was born from the side of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Once Śrī Kṛṣṇa and his consort Rādhā were amusing themselves by amorous pleasures in a remote and secluded place. When they were tired they wished to drink some milk. At that time, Śrī Kṛṣṇa created by his will power, the cow Surabhi and the calf Manoratha, from the left side of his body. Śrīdāman milked that cow into a new earthen pot and when Śrī Kṛṣṇa was drinking it, the pot fell down and the milk was spilt all over the floor. The milk which spread over an area of 100 yojanas, became a lake called “Kṣirasāgara” for Rādhā and her maids to bathe and enjoy water-sports. Numerous cows were born from the pores of Surabhi and they were presented to the Gopas by Śrī Kṛṣṇa. (Devī Bhāgavata, 9th Skandha). Like this, several Kāmadhenus are seen in the Purāṇas. Therefore there is no discrepancy or contradiction in statements declaring that there were many Kāmadhenus in different Āśramas. But since Kāmadhenu had achieved divine powers by Brahmā's grace, it is but reasonable to believe that the different Kāmadhenus are really the different forms of the original Kāmadhenu, the daughter of Kaśyapa.