Why milk is allowed, egg is not though both have animal sources?
“A male devotee (Name hidden)” asked like this:
“sir. i joind this group recently n read today counseling. u said we can drink milk, but egg not allowd. why. both egg n milk comes frm animals only. why this discrimination? so, i think egg is vegetarian. pl clarify.”
REPLY:
Interesting Question. But, there are major differences between an egg and milk.
Milk is a product created by Krishna exclusively for drinking purposes. There is no other purpose for milk. It is a natural health drink that contains all the required ingredients. If you do not draw milk from the body regularly, the woman or cow will die as many diseases will come like even breast cancer in due course of time. So, the milk MUST BE taken out of the body. If we draw milk from mother’s body or cow’s body, we are in fact helping the mother or cow. So, drawing milk from mother/ cow is a good and necessary act and that milk is produced daily JUST TO CONSUME, not to waste.
It is the wonderful and delicious product given for us by Krishna. It has and Vitamin-D for bones, B-Group Vitamins for intelligence and healthy brain, Protein for growth and many minerals for a healthy body. Just by drinking mother’s milk throughout the day, a child grows for 7-8 months till it is fed solid food. So, milk is a food.
Now let us come to egg. EGG – the name itself shows that it is the REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCT, NOT A FOOD PRODUCT.
EGG means WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCT produced by women’s body every month and hence, it has some ingredients inside that can produce a new baby when it receives a sperm cell from male. So, egg is for REPRODUCTIVE PURPOSE, not for food purpose. When the egg produced in a woman’s body does not receive any sperm to connect and fertilise in any month, after 26-28 days, that egg is sent out of the woman’s body in broken state that is called menstruation, ie, monthly periods, ie, a waste product. Similarly, hens produce eggs and and sends out that egg periodically. So, this hen’s egg is considered as the menstruation of that hen.
Now, tell me, are milk and egg same? A person can drink his mother’s milk. But, is menstruation consumable? Similarly, why should we compromise in consuming the menstruation of a hen? why should we proudly eat egg products like omlette, Half Boil, egg rost, egg dosa, egg briyani, egg barotta, etc, etc…?
Doesn’t it seem nonsense? Why do you compare this waste product with an essential food milk? Milk is suitable from baby to old man. Mother’s milk is available till we are 2-3 years old. But, after our age 3, cow becomes our mother feeding milk for us. Because, cow’s milk is suitable for humans also. Only thing we have to keep in mind while deriving milk from cow is, first feed the calf to its full requirement and then derive milk from cow for us. Without allowing the calf to drink milk from its mother, we should not draw milk.
Now do you understand that egg is given by Lord for REPRODUCTION ONLY and if not fertilized, it is a waste product (menstruation), but, milk is an essential product given by Lord for consuming only?
That is why milk, being a food product, is vegetarian though comes out of animal’s body, but, egg is non-vegetarian and in fact, not for eating purposes.
(What if doctor recommends Non veg foods for newborn child? READ HERE!)