SB 4.18.25

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 18: Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet

SB 4.18.23-24 - SB 4.18.26

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 25

vaṭa-vatsā vanaspatayaḥ

pṛthag rasamayaṁ payaḥ

girayo himavad-vatsā

nānā-dhātūn sva-sānuṣu

SYNONYMS

vaṭa-vatsāḥ—making the banyan tree a calf; vanaḥ-patayaḥ—the trees; pṛthak—different; rasa-mayam—in the form of juices; payaḥ—milk; girayaḥ—the hills and mountains; himavat-vatsāḥ—making the Himalayas the calf; nānā—various; dhātūn—minerals; sva—own; sānuṣu—on 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.

SB 4.18.23-24 - SB 4.18.26