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- Read on →: pratyekaṁ gāva etā bahir api ca hareḥ prāṇa-rūpā yad āsāṁ
pratyekaṁ gāva etā bahir api ca hareḥ prāṇa-rūpā yad āsāṁ
śaśvat tṛptau ca tṛptiṁ kṣudhi ca kalayati kṣud-vikāraṁ sa eṣaḥ |
ānīyānīya caitā nija-hṛdi vidadhad ghrāṇa-saukhyaṁ dadhānaḥ
śliṣyann uccair vicinvann aśanam upadadat pālayan svena bhāti ||
usrāṇāṁ prāṇa-sāmyaṁ vahati harir amūs taṁ vinā rikta-cittāś
citra-prāyāḥ samantād yad iha vana-tati-śrī-nibhā visphuranti |
(Gopāla-campū: 1.12.31–32)“And every one of these cows, although outside [Hari’s body], is like an embodiment of Hari’s vital air (prāṇa), since he always feels satisfied when their satisfaction occurs and [he feels] the pang of hunger when their hunger occurs. He repeatedly fetches them, takes pleasure in smelling them, and holds them to his heart; he embraces them, avidly inspects them, and feeds them; he along with those who are his own shines as he protects them. Hari sustains the cows like his vital air (prāṇa), and without him they become of void hearts and [motionless] like pictures since they appear like the beauty of the forests all around here [i.e., since they remain motionless like the beautiful trees in Goloka when he disappears from their sight].”
- Read on →: patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati |
tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā: 9.26)[Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa:] “One who with bhakti offers a leaf, flower, fruit, or water to me—I partake of that offered out of bhakti from one of pure heart.”
- Read on →: gāvo’py atra tadīya-saurabha-marud-vistāram āvistarām
gāvo’py atra tadīya-saurabha-marud-vistāram āvistarām
āghrāyāgata-śīghratāḥ samabhajaṁs taṁ tatra tā yūthaśaḥ |
yasmin rambhaṇa-śabda-yuk-khura-ghaṭā-saṅghaṭṭa-ghaṇṭā-ravaiḥ
sārdhaṁ gopa-śatātataṁ jharijharīty unnadditaṁ vyānaśe ||
kṛtvā daṇḍavad ānatiṁ mura-ripur yarhi kṣitiṁ saṅgatas
tarhy āghrāya gavāṁ tatir muhur amuṁ līḍhe sma bāspākulā |
yarhy utthāya tadīya-kaṇṭha-ghaṭanā-kṛd bāhur eṣa sthitas
tarhy eṣā ca tad-aṅga-saṅgata-galā dugdhaṁ sma dugdhe svayam ||
(Gopāla-campū: 2.30.22–23)“Upon smelling an increasing waft of his fragrance in the wind, the cows here too quickly came over and met him in herds there where the rumbling sound jharijhari mixed with the sounds of their bells and the striking of their hooves combined with their mooing pervaded the hundreds of cowherds spread out [around Kṛṣṇa]. When the Enemy of Mura bowed like a stick [to the cows], touching the ground, then the herd of cows smelled and licked him repeatedly with tears in their eyes. When he arose and reached for their necks with his arms, then they also held their throats against his body [so he could rub them], and their milk flowed out [from their udders] of its accord.”
- Read on →: gāvas tato goṣṭham upetya satvaraṁ
gāvas tato goṣṭham upetya satvaraṁ
huṅkāra-ghoṣaiḥ parihūta-saṅgatān |
svakān svakān vatsatarān apāyayan
muhur lihantyaḥ sravad audhasaṁ payaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.13.24)“Then, swiftly arriving to the cowpens, the cows repeatedly licked and fed the milk flowing from their udders to their own respective elder calves who had assembled after being called with mooing sounds.”
- Read on →: tato vidūrāc carato gāvo vatsān upavrajam
tato vidūrāc carato gāvo vatsān upavrajam |
govardhanādri-śirasi carantyo dadṛśus tṛṇam ||
dṛṣṭvātha tat-sneha-vaśo’smṛtātmā
sa go-vrajo’tyātmapa-durga-mārgaḥ |
dvipāt kakud-grīva udāsya-puccho
’gād dhuṅkṛtair āsru-payā javena ||
sametya gāvo’dho vatsān vatsavatyo’py apāyayan |
gilantya iva cāṅgāni lihantyaḥ svaudhasaṁ payaḥ ||
gopās tad-rodhanāyāsa-maughya-lajjoru-manyunā |
durgādhva-kṛcchrato’bhyetya … ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.13.29–32)“Then, the cows grazing on grass at the top of Govardhana Hill from afar saw the [elder] calves grazing near the cowpens. Becoming captivated by affection for them and forgetful of themselves after seeing [them], that herd of cows, their tails raised, their necks [raised up] on their humps, and appearing like two-legged creatures, went quickly [down the hill towards their calves] with moos and streams of milk [flowing from their udders], overrunning their own keepers and taking up a difficult path. After arriving at the bottom [of the hill], the cows, although they had [other, younger] calves [elsewhere], fed these [elder] calves [they were running towards] the milk from their udders and licked the bodies [of these calves] as if they were swallowing [them]. After arriving [there] with hardship because of the difficult path, the cowherd men became very upset because of the embarrassment caused by their failure in their endeavor to stop them [i.e., the cows became so eager to meet Śrī Kṛṣṇa out of affection for him that they could not be contained even by the expert cowherd men of Vraja and when the cows overran them, the cowherd men felt embarrassed that they could not control the cows].”
- Read on →: aho’tidhanyā vraja-go-ramaṇyaḥ
aho’tidhanyā vraja-go-ramaṇyaḥ
stanyāmṛtaṁ pītam atīva te mudā |
yāsāṁ vibho vatsatarātmajātmanā
yat-tṛptaye’dyāpy atha nālam adhvarāḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.14.31)“Aho! O Vibhu! Exceedingly fortunate are the cows and ladies of Vraja, the nectar of whose breast-milk was drunk profusely with delight in the form of their elder calves and sons by you, for the satisfaction of whom still today sacrifices are not sufficient.”