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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.18.25
prithag rasamayam payah
girayo himavad-vatsā
SYNONYMS
vata-vatsāh — 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-vatsāh — making the Himalayas the calf; nānā — various; dhātūn — minerals; sva — own; sānushu — 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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