Śrīmad Bhāgavatam

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].”

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