Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.13.24

gāvas tato goṣṭham upetya satvaraḿ

huńkāra-ghoṣaiḥ parihūta-sańgatān

svakān svakān vatsatarān apāyayan

muhur lihantyaḥ sravad audhasaḿ payaḥ

SYNONYMS

gāvaḥ — the calves; tataḥ — thereafter; goṣṭham — to the cow sheds; upetya — reaching; satvaram — very soon; huńkāra-ghoṣaiḥ — by making jubilant mooing sounds; parihūta-sańgatān — 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.

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.

PURPORT

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

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