"The only way you can conquer me is through love and there I am gladly conquered.” - Lord Krishna
The story of Krishna is many thousands of years old. The story of being a dairy addict goes against the fundamentals of Hindu philosophy in which an Avatar incarnates to uphold and protect the Dharma.
It is nowhere mentioned in any valid texts that Lord Krishna consumed milk or milk products. Krishna’s true vegan nature is found in the 9th Skandha 26th verse of the Bhagavad Gita, which states that the appropriate offerings to God are a flower, a leaf, fruit or water; all are vegan offerings.
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति |
तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मन: ||
patraṁ puṣhpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayachchhati
tadahaṁ bhaktyupahṛitam aśhnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
tadahaṁ bhaktyupahṛitam aśhnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
The idea of a dairy addict likewise goes against Krishna’s teachings on detachment. The entire dairy industry, giant milk cooperative movements and traditional cow breeding culture in the countryside of India are the forces behind keeping alive such stories as sacred for so many years.
The Hindu Scriptures are divided into categories that include Veda, Puranas and Upanishads etc. In which, Puranas are folktales. Folktales are very important to Hindu culture because these are the actual application of our Hindu philosophy. The folktales of a lactarian culture do not acknowledge anything but lactarian history and behaviour. The Krishna Puranas integrated into the Srimad Bhāgavatam when it finally was written as a text by Vyasadeva.
