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SB 4.18.25

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; payaḥmilk; 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.



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