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Chapter 18: Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet

Verse 25 of 30
SB 4.18.25

वटवत्सा वनस्पतयः पृथग्रसमयं पयः गिरयो हिमवद्वत्सा नानाधातून्स्वसानुषु

vaṭa-vatsā vanas-patayaḥ pṛthag rasamayaṁ payaḥ girayo himavad-vatsā nānā-dhātūn sva-sānuṣu

Synonyms

vaṭa-vatsāḥmaking the banyan tree a calf; vanaḥ-patayaḥthe trees; pṛthakdifferent; rasa-mayamin the form of juices; payaḥmilk; girayaḥthe hills and mountains; himavat-vatsāḥmaking the Himalayas the calf; nānāvarious; dhātūnminerals; svaown; sānuṣuon their peaks..

Translation

The trees made a calf out of the banyan tree, and thus they derived milk in the form of many delicious juices. The mountains transformed the Himalayas into a calf, and they milked a variety of minerals into a pot made of the peaks of hills.

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