26 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 13
protective mantras, decorating their bodies with tilaka and giving
them food. In this way, the mothers served Krsna personally.
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THAT TTI aay
Ad
Sera: «gaa RATT |
SH SHY TARA TTL
geteera: waclad FT URI
gavas tato gostham upetya satvaram
, hunkdara-ghosaih parihita-sangatan ,
svakan svakan vatsatardn apadyayan
muhur lihantyah sravad audhasam payah
gavah—the calves; tatah—thereafter; gostham—to the cow sheds;
upetya—reaching; satvaram—very soon; hunkdra-ghosaih—by making
jubilant mooing sounds; parihiita-sarigatan—to call the cows; svakan
svakan—following their respective mothers; vatsatardn—the respective
calves; apdyayan—feeding them; muhuh—again and again; lihan-
tyah—licking the calves; sravat audhasam payah—abundant milk flow-
ing 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 tak-
ing care of them were enacted by Krsna Himself.
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Hara TTA ATT AT RUT
