ŚB 4.18.25
Canto 4, Chapter 18, Text 25
वटवत्सा वनस्पतय: पृथग्रसमयं पय: ।
गिरयो हिमवद्वत्सा नानाधातून् स्वसानुषु ॥ २५ ॥
गिरयो हिमवद्वत्सा नानाधातून् स्वसानुषु ॥ २५ ॥
vaṭa-vatsā vanaspatayaḥ
pṛthag rasamayaṁ payaḥ
girayo himavad-vatsā
nānā-dhātūn sva-sānuṣu
pṛthag rasamayaṁ payaḥ
girayo himavad-vatsā
nānā-dhātūn sva-sānuṣu
Word by word
vaṭa-vatsāḥ — making the banyan tree a calf; vanaḥ-patayaḥ — the trees; pṛthak — different; rasa-mayam — in the form of juices; payaḥ — milk; girayaḥ — the hills and mountains; himavat-vatsāḥ — making the Himālayas the calf; nānā — various; dhātūn — minerals; sva — own; sānuṣu — 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 Himālayas into a calf, and they milked a variety of minerals into a pot made of the peaks of hills.