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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.13.24

గావస్తతో గోష్ఠముపేత్య సత్వరం హుఙ్కారఘోషై: పరిహూతసఙ్గతాన్ । స్వకాన్ స్వకాన్ వత్సతరానపాయయన్ ముహుర్లిహన్త్య: స్రవదౌధసం పయ: ॥ ౨౪ ॥
gāvas tato goṣṭham upetya satvaraṁ
[gaavas tato goshtham upetya satvaram]
huṅkāra-ghoṣaiḥ parihūta-saṅgatān
[hunkaara-ghoshaih parihoota-sangataan]
svakān svakān vatsatarān apāyayan
[svakaan svakaan vatsataraan apaayayan]
muhur lihantyaḥ sravad audhasaṁ payaḥ
[muhur lihantyah sravad audhasam payah]
Word-for-word
gāvaḥ — the calves tataḥ — thereafter goṣṭham — to the cow sheds upetya — reaching satvaram — very soon huṅkāra - ghoṣaiḥ — by making jubilant mooing sounds parihūta - saṅgatān — to call the cows svakān svakān — following their respective mothers vatsatarān — the respective calves apāyayan — feeding them muhuḥ — again and again lihantyaḥ — licking the calves sravat audhasam payaḥ — abundant milk flowing from their milk bags .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
gāvas tato goṣṭham upetya satvaraṁ
gāvaḥ
the calves
tataḥ
thereafter
goṣṭham
to the cow sheds
upetya
reaching
satvaram
very soon
huṅkāra-ghoṣaiḥ parihūta-saṅgatān
huṅkāra - ghoṣaiḥ
by making jubilant mooing sounds
parihūta - saṅgatān
to call the cows
svakān svakān vatsatarān apāyayan
svakān svakān
following their respective mothers
vatsatarān
the respective calves
apāyayan
feeding them
muhur lihantyaḥ sravad audhasaṁ payaḥ
muhuḥ
again and again
lihantyaḥ
licking the calves
sravat audhasam payaḥ
abundant milk flowing from their milk bags .
Important Words
  • huṅkāra-ghoṣaiḥ — with their lowing sounds
    Compound: huṅkāra (the 'huṁ' sound) + ghoṣa (loud sound). Vraja's cows speak in huṅkāra. Gauḍīyas note the resonance: huṁ is also a bīja-syllable in the rakṣā-mantras of verse 23 — Vraja's everyday sound and its mantra-sound interpenetrate.
  • lihantyaḥ — licking
    Present participle of √lih. The cows lick the calves — the recurring Vraja gesture of cow-vātsalya. Gauḍīyas notice: even the animals in Vraja participate in the līlā with their characteristic vātsalya-signature.
  • sravat audhasam payaḥ — milk flowing from their udders
    Phrase: sravat (flowing) + audhasa (udder) + payas (milk). The same somatic signal as the mothers' breast-milk in verse 22 — vātsalya's flow is universal in Vraja that year, in mothers and cows alike.
  • vatsatarān — the calves
    Diminutive/intensive of vatsa — 'their dear calves.' The grammar itself is affectionate. Gauḍīyas hear in such diminutives the bhāva-saturation of Bhāgavata Sanskrit.
  • satvaram — very quickly
    Adverb — 'with haste.' Vraja's mothers and cows do not pause; the body knows where the child is and goes. Gauḍīyas read satvaram as the speed-mark of vātsalya: it does not deliberate.
Thereafter, all the cows entered their different sheds and began mooing loudly, calling for their respective calves. When the calves arrived, the mothers began licking the calves’ bodies again and again and profusely feeding them with the milk flowing from their milk bags.
Purport

All the dealings between the calves and their respective mothers taking care of them were enacted by Kṛṣṇa Himself.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Thereafter, all the cows entered their different sheds and began mooing loudly, calling for their respective calves. When the calves arrived, the mothers began licking the calves' bodies again and again and profusely feeding them with the milk flowing from their milk bags.
Commentary

The bewilderment of the cows was similar to that of the mothers. First calling out for their calves, they then came close. The words satvara (quickly), muhur lihanti (licking continuously), muhu sravat (constantly flowing), give a hint of more affection than before.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The extra affection of the cows for their calves is shown. The cows fed their calves though the calves had grown older (vatsatarān), because they were close to the calves and they had intense affection for them. Their udders were so filled with milk that the milk began to flow out. Their increased affection is indicated by the words sa-tvaram (quickly), muhuḥ (constantly) and sravad (flowing).

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Analogy

A cow who lows for her calf even when the calf is across the meadow — the udder fills before reason permits. The Vraja cows, finding 'their' calves at the shed, lick them so urgently it is as if licking would bring them closer than even nursing can.

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