Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 18: Prithu Maharaja Milks the Earth Planet. Text 25

वटवत्सा वनस्पतयः पृथग्रसमयं पयः ।
गिरयो हिमवद्वत्सा नानाधातून्स्वसानुषु ॥२५॥

vaá¹­a-vatsÄ vanaspatayaḥ
pṛthag rasamayaṠpayaḥ
girayo himavad-vatsÄ
nÄnÄ-dhÄtÅ«n sva-sÄnuá¹£u

 vaá¹­a-vatsÄḥ - making the banyan tree a calf; vanaḥ-patayaḥ - the trees; pá¹›thak - different; rasa-mayam - in the form of juices; payaḥ - milk; girayaḥ - the hills and mountains; himavat-vatsÄḥ - making the Himalayas the calf; nÄnÄ - various; dhÄtÅ«n - minerals; sva - own; sÄnuá¹£u - on their peaks.


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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 HimÄlayas into a calf, and they milked a variety of minerals into a pot made of the peaks of hills.

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