SB 10.13.31

TEXT 31

TEXT

s$amaetya gAAvaAe'DaAe vats$aAna,
vats$avatyaAe'pyapaAyayana,
igAlantya wva caANlAina
ilah"ntya: svaAEDas$aM paya:

sametya gavo 'dho vatsan

vatsavatyo 'py apayayan

gilantya iva caṅgani

lihantyah svaudhasam payah

sametya-assembling; gavah-all the cows; adhah-down at the foot of Govardhana Hill; vatsan-all their calves; vatsa-vatyah-as if new calves had been born from them; api-even though new calves were present; apayayan-fed them; gilantyah-swallowing them; iva-as if; ca-also; aṅgani-their bodies; lihantyah-licking as they do when newborn calves are present; sva-odhasam payah-their own milk flowing from the milk bags.

TRANSLATION

The cows had given birth to new calves, but while coming down from Govardhana Hill, the cows, because of increased affection for the older calves, allowed the older calves to drink milk from their milk bags and then began licking the calves' bodies in anxiety, as if wanting to swallow them.

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