Why Hindus don't eat beef

A lot of Hindus are following rituals just because their ancestors have been a part of it। The problem comes when someone asks you about your beliefs and why you have those beliefs.... at that moment...we are not able to come up with a suitable answer। Here are some facts, which will shed light upon our confusions।Some Interesting Questions:Why should a Hindu not eat beef? Of course, Hindus see 33 crore Gods in it. For that matter, they see God in all entities of the world. Weren't it we who said, "Eeshavasya midam sarvam..."? )To go to the details of it we may have to go into the Vedic Vishwa. Basically vedas refer "Gou" as animal and as well as "Indriya" (senses). The word "Gou" over the period of time became "Cow" in English (Apabhransh). In Vedic peroid some yajnas were practiced -

AshwaMedh
GouMedh
AjaMedh

The real meaning of each of these word Vedic people knew। Over the period they(words) lost meanings and people considered Ashwa Medh = to sacrifice Ashwa (Ghoda)Gou Medh = to sacrifice Gou (Gaya)Aja Medth = to sacrifice Aja (Bakara)This wrong interpretations of these words resulted in heavy sacrifices of Gou and Aja (Bakara)। Gou was and is social animal with lots of benefits. People knew it and so to stop unnecessary killings of animal like Gou it was made forbidden in Kali Yuga.
‘Agnihotram gavalambham sanyasam palpaitrukam Deverachha sutoptathikaloupanchavivarjayet’
Arthat : 'Kaliyug main panch(5) karma karane ke liye nishedh hain · agnihotra · Gavalamban(GouMedh) · Sanyas · palapaitruk yane mans pinda dekar shradha karana
That is how people in Kali Yuga stopped Gou Medh and Hindus who follow Vedic principle do not eat beef (Gou).
Gou Medh: Actually in Vedic period Gou means Indriya (senses) most of the times. How otherwise you justify a word Gou Swami? Does that mean Nandi ya Bail? Definitely not. We mean a Rishi or a saintly person who has conquered his senses. So when Gou means Indriaya Vedic people used to perform Gou Medh that is Indriya Medh that is Indria Nighriya. They used to direct Indriya rather than guided by them. Over the period this became difficult to implement and people considered it to be cow or beef.
AshwaMedh: It also had similar problems. Ashwa is A+Shwa 'A' means absence and 'Shwa' means breathing. So where 'Absence of Breathing' is achieved and only Shusmuna nadi works that state is called as Ashwa. So we have to kill that state (avastha). Interestingly, only Kshatriyas were allowed to perform Ashwa Medh. Brahmans were not allowed. Brahman means Ashwa avastha. A Kshatriya is not supposed to go to Ashwa avastha because he must look after his subjects. That is why Ashwa Medh was performed by Prabhu Ram Chandra and Yudhistir. It is difficult to understand that Prabhu Ram Chandra can kill a innocent horse for his peace of mind (Manaha Shanti). It was to remember that being Kshtriya they have to have Shawas (Nitya Karma). This was also misinterpreted in the post Vedic period and people started killings horse.
Ajamedh: AjaMedh is A+ja (That has not taken birth) so Aja Medh means kill that has not taken birth. Was that Abortion? Aja means Bramhavasta so not to indulge in Bramahavsta is what AjaMedh means. Aja avastha means Brhama avastha ko samasaman kar jo avastha utpana ho ti hain use Sama+Aja Samaj kahate hain. So AjaMedh means Samaj ka uddhar (betterment of society).
So Vedic people were -
Ashawa Medhi (Jagrut) Gou Medhi (Indriya Nighra) Aja Medhi (Samajsheel) Over the period people took altogether different and wrong interpretations and hence question like Beef eating comes up. So when entire world was practicing Vedic sanskruti (culture) some of them took Gou Medh as Gou killings (Christians, Muslims) Some of them took it as Gou Swami, Gou Wardhan, GouPal (Hindu) Some of them took as Strong Indria Nirodh (Jain). By no means Vedas allowed animal sacrifices. So it is not only Gou but any animal sacrifices are not allowed.