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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.18.25
prithag rasamayam payah
girayo himavad-vatsa
SYNONYMS
vata-vatsah -- making the banyan tree a calf; vanah-patayah -- the trees; prithak -- different; rasa-mayam -- in the form of juices; payah -- milk; girayah -- the hills and mountains; himavat-vatsah -- making the Himalayas the calf; nana -- various; dhatun -- minerals; sva -- own; sanushu -- on their peaks.
TRANSLATION
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 Himalayas into a calf, and they milked a variety of minerals into a pot made of the peaks of hills.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness