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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.18.25

वटवत्सा वनस्पतय: पृथग्रसमयं पय: । गिरयो हिमवद्वत्सा नानाधातून् स्वसानुषु ॥ २५ ॥
vaṭa-vatsā vanaspatayaḥ
[vata-vatsaa vanaspatayah]
pṛthag rasamayaṁ payaḥ
[prithag rasamayam payah]
girayo himavad-vatsā
[girayo himavad-vatsaa]
nānā-dhātūn sva-sānuṣu
[naanaa-dhaatoon sva-saanushu]
Word-for-word
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 Himālayas the calf nānā — various dhātūn — minerals sva — own sānuṣu — on their peaks.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vaṭa-vatsā vanaspatayaḥ
vaṭa-vatsāḥ
making the banyan tree a calf
vanaḥ-patayaḥ
the trees
pṛthag rasamayaṁ payaḥ
pṛthak
different
rasa-mayam
in the form of juices
payaḥ
milk
girayo himavad-vatsā
girayaḥ
the hills and mountains
himavat-vatsāḥ
making the Himālayas the calf
nānā-dhātūn sva-sānuṣu
nānā
various
dhātūn
minerals
sva
own
sānuṣu
on their peaks.
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 Himālayas into a calf, and they milked a variety of minerals into a pot made of the peaks of hills.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The trees, making the banyan tree the calf, produced sap as the milk. The mountains, making Himalayas the calf, produced various minerals with the plateau as the pot.
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Personal Guidance
Trees milked sweet juices via the banyan; mountains milked minerals via the Himālayas. The 'leader' of a category becomes the calf through which the whole category receives; recognize who plays that role in your domain.
Reflection Questions
  • Who is the 'banyan' in my professional or family ecosystem, and have I honored their generative role?
  • Where do I take supply for granted because the calf is so steady in front of it?
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