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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.18.23-24

पशवो यवसं क्षीरं वत्सं कृत्वा च गोवृषम् । अरण्यपात्रे चाधुक्षन्मृगेन्द्रेण च दंष्ट्रिण: ॥ २३ ॥ क्रव्यादा: प्राणिन: क्रव्यं दुदुहु: स्वे कलेवरे । सुपर्णवत्सा विहगाश्चरं चाचरमेव च ॥ २४ ॥
paśavo yavasaṁ kṣīraṁ
[pashavo yavasam ksheeram]
vatsaṁ kṛtvā ca go-vṛṣam
[vatsam kritvaa cha go-vrisham]
araṇya-pātre cādhukṣan
[aranya-paatre chaadhukshan]
mṛgendreṇa ca daṁṣṭriṇaḥ
[mrigendrena cha damshtrinah]
kravyādāḥ prāṇinaḥ kravyaṁ
[kravyaadaah praaninah kravyam]
duduhuḥ sve kalevare
[duduhuh sve kalevare]
suparṇa-vatsā vihagāś
[suparna-vatsaa vihagaash]
caraṁ cācaram eva ca
[charam chaacharam eva cha]
Word-for-word
paśavaḥ — cattle yavasam — green grasses kṣīram — milk vatsam — the calf kṛtvā — making ca — also go-vṛṣam — the bull carrier of Lord Śiva araṇya-pātre — in the pot of the forest ca — also adhukṣan — milked out mṛga-indreṇa — by the lion ca — and daṁṣṭriṇaḥ — animals with sharp teeth kravya-adāḥ — animals who eat raw flesh prāṇinaḥ — living entities kravyam — flesh duduhuḥ — took out sve — own kalevare — in the pot of their body suparṇa — Garuḍa vatsāḥ — whose calf vihagāḥ — the birds caram — moving living entities ca — also acaram — nonmoving living entities eva — certainly ca — also.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
paśavo yavasaṁ kṣīraṁ
paśavaḥ
cattle
yavasam
green grasses
kṣīram
milk
vatsaṁ kṛtvā ca go-vṛṣam
vatsam
the calf
kṛtvā
making
ca
also
go-vṛṣam
the bull carrier of Lord Śiva
araṇya-pātre cādhukṣan
araṇya-pātre
in the pot of the forest
ca
also
adhukṣan
milked out
mṛgendreṇa ca daṁṣṭriṇaḥ
mṛga-indreṇa
by the lion
ca
and
daṁṣṭriṇaḥ
animals with sharp teeth
kravyādāḥ prāṇinaḥ kravyaṁ
kravya-adāḥ
animals who eat raw flesh
prāṇinaḥ
living entities
kravyam
flesh
duduhuḥ sve kalevare
duduhuḥ
took out
sve
own
kalevare
in the pot of their body
suparṇa-vatsā vihagāś
suparṇa
Garuḍa
vatsāḥ
whose calf
vihagāḥ
the birds
caraṁ cācaram eva ca
caram
moving living entities
ca
also
acaram
nonmoving living entities
eva
certainly
ca
also.
The four-legged animals like the cows made a calf out of the bull who carries Lord Śiva and made a milking pot out of the forest. Thus they got fresh green grasses to eat. Ferocious animals like tigers transformed a lion into a calf, and thus they were able to get flesh for milk. The birds made a calf out of Garuḍa and took milk from the planet earth in the form of moving insects and nonmoving plants and grasses.
Purport

There are many carnivorous birds descended from Garuḍa, the winged carrier of Lord Viṣṇu. Indeed, there is a particular type of bird that is very fond of eating monkeys, and eagles are fond of eating goats. Of course, many birds eat only fruits and berries. Therefore the words caram, referring to moving animals, and acaram, referring to grasses, fruits and vegetables, are mentioned in this verse.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The cattle, making Nandī the calf, produced grass as the milk. Carnivorous animals, making the lion their calf, produced the flesh of other living beings as the milk with the forest as the pot. The birds, making Garuḍa the calf, produced insects and fruit as the milk, with their stomachs as the pot. Yavasam means grass. Govṛṣam means Śiva’s bull. The animals made the lion the calf. Kravyam is meat. Suparṇaḥ is Garuḍa. Caram means insects. Acaram means fruits.
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Personal Guidance
Cows calved Śiva's bull, forest as pot, fresh grass as milk; tigers calved lions for flesh; birds calved Garuḍa for prey. Every species draws its sustenance through its own most-honored representative; nothing is excluded.
Reflection Questions
  • Which 'representative' of my own kind do I model my milking on?
  • Where am I missing the lineage of how my sustenance was structurally provided?
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