Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.20.26
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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prītyā
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out of affection
Instrumental of prīti — affection. Prīti is the standing word for Vaiṣṇava love in Gauḍīya theology (cf. Jīva Gosvāmī's Prīti-sandarbha). The cows are operating in prīti, not in habit.
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snuta-stanāḥ
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their teats wet (with milk)
Compound: snuta (flowing) + stana (teat). Vātsalya is a bodily flow — the same compound-shape as putra-sneha-snuta in SB 10.9.3. The Bhāgavatam keeps showing love as something that leaks.
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bhagavatā-āhūtāḥ
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called by the Personality of Godhead
Bhagavatā (instrumental) + āhūta (called). The cows hear Bhagavān's voice. Gauḍīyas note: His voice is direct in Vraja — no mediation needed. Cows hear it; the gopīs hear it; the flute calls and Vraja answers.
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manda-gāminyaḥ
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slow-going
Compound: manda (slow) + gāminī (going). The cows' slowness is from love-weight, not weariness. Gauḍīyas distinguish: slowness from kleśa is bad, slowness from prema is the gopīs walking after Him at rāsa.
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ūdhaḥ-bhāreṇa
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by the weight of their milk-bags
Compound: ūdhas (udder) + bhāra (weight). The body is heavy with what it has been making for Him. A perfect image for the heart of a sevā-doer.
Śrīla Prabhupāda comments, “The cows, being fed by new grasses, became very healthy, and their milk bags were all very full. When Lord Kṛṣṇa called them by name, they immediately came to Him out of affection, and in their joyful condition the milk flowed from their bags.”
The milk flowed from the udders of the cows (snuta stanih) out of extreme motherly (vasalya) affection for Krsna.
The pastimes are described in six verses. Though the cows walked slowly, when called with affection they came quickly. As a symptom of their affection their udders dripped milk. Another version has snuta-stanīḥ. A particular glory of the monsoon season was the abundance of milk. The special prema arising between Kṛṣṇa and the cows in the presence of that abundance is shown with the cows participating in the pastimes.
The cows walk slowly under heavy udders, but the instant Kṛṣṇa calls they run — and their teats wet themselves with milk before any hand touches them. This is vātsalya in animal form. The body of a true bhakta does not need theological argument; the moment Bhagavān calls, the body itself begins to leak love.
When Brahmā stole the calves (SB 10.13), the cows refused grass and milk; their udders dried until Kṛṣṇa multiplied Himself into the missing calves. This verse is the joyful sister of that grief: same bond, opposite weather. Their milk flows toward Him whether He is present or absent.
Gauḍīyas treasure these Vraja-cows as exemplars of vātsalya-bhakti even among non-human jīvas. Their bodies are bhakti-instruments — udders and feet and lowing all serve.
My note
Source: vedabase.io