Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.13.30
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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tat-sneha-vaśaḥ
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controlled by affection for them
Compound: tat (them) + sneha (affection) + vaśa (under-the-power-of). Vaśa is the technical term for being mastered by something — the cows are mastered by love. Gauḍīyas read sneha-vaśa as one of the conditions of high bhakti: to be controlled by one's own love for Kṛṣṇa.
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asmṛta-ātmā
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forgetful of themselves
Compound: a-smṛta (un-remembered) + ātma (self). The cows have forgotten themselves. Gauḍīyas treasure this — atmā-vismṛti is, paradoxically, the highest sign of bhakti when it is caused by love for Bhagavān. The self forgets itself in the rush toward Him.
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dvi-pāt
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(running) on two legs
Compound: dvi (two) + pāt (foot). The cows run as if on two feet — the front pair and the rear pair moving together. The Bhāgavata's bodily realism — the cows' actual gait when running flat-out.
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āsru-payāḥ
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milk flowing like tears
Compound: āsru (tears, flowing) + payas (milk). Milk flows from their udders as they run, as tears flow from grieving eyes. Vraja-vātsalya's somatic doubling: the body weeps milk.
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javena
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with great speed
Instrumental of java (speed, force). The cows move with force. Gauḍīyas read javena as the verbal signature of bhakti's spontaneity — when sneha-vaśa takes hold, the response is not measured.
Generally the calves and cows are pastured separately. The elderly men take care of the cows, and the small children see to the calves. This time, however, the cows immediately forgot their position as soon as they saw the calves below Govardhana Hill, and they ran with great force, their tails erect and their front and hind legs joined, until they reached their calves.
Forgetting themselves the cows (sa go vraja) ran off (agat). They overcame the obstacles of the cowherds (atmapa) and the difficult path (durga marga). With both front legs moving as one and both back legs as one, they appeared to run on two legs. They stretched their necks out in longing. Their heads and tails were raised. Their tears and milk flowed in streams.
Two verses describe what happened. Some versions have ca instead of atha. The word ca means “but” in this case to show something more unusual than previously. Though the cows’ nature was to have affection, this even happened unexpectedly. Atha has the same significance. The cows’ extraordinary affection is shown: they forgot themselves. The cows escaped from the cowherds and passed over the rough path (atyātmapa-durga-mārgaḥ). The contracted form of the compound is poetic license.
Like a herd that, hearing the cry of their newborns through a wall, forgets every fence and the rocks under their hooves and runs as if on two legs instead of four — vātsalya overrides the body's caution. The cows of Vraja break their own physiology because, at this moment, love is faster than legs.
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