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Chapter 13: The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahmā

Verse 24 of 63
SB 10.13.24

गावस्ततो गोष्ठमुपेत्य सत्वरं हुंकारघोषैः परिहूतसंगतान् स्वकान्स्वकान्वत्सतरानपाययन्मुहुर्लिहन्त्यः स्रवदौधसं पयः

gāvas tato goṣṭham upetya satvaraṁ huṅkāra-ghoṣaiḥ parihūta-saṅgatān svakān svakān vatsatarān apāyayan muhur lihantyaḥ sravad audhasaṁ payaḥ

Synonyms

gāvaḥ—the calves; tataḥ—thereafter; goṣṭham—to the cow sheds; upetya—reaching; satvaram—very soon; huṅkāra-ghoṣaiḥ—by making jubilant mooing sounds; parihūta-saṅgatān—to call the cows; svakān svakān—following their respective mothers; vatsatarān—the respective calves; apāyayan—feeding them; muhuḥ—again and again; lihantyaḥ—licking the calves; sravat audhasam payaḥ—abundant milk flowing from their milk bags..

Translation

Thereafter, all the cows entered their different sheds and began mooing loudly, calling for their respective calves. When the calves arrived, the mothers began licking the calves' bodies again and again and profusely feeding them with the milk flowing from their milk bags.

Purport

All the dealings between the calves and their respective mothers taking care of them were enacted by Kṛṣṇa Himself.

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