Cows

gopendreNa puraiva dAsa-tanayair gAvo viniSkAsitA
dohAnantaram eva vatsa-nicayAz cAnyatra saJcAritAH |
utkarNAz cakitekSaNAH praNayitA-vyAlambi-hambA-ravAs
tasthus tA vraja-sImna eva nikaTe kRSNa-pratIkSekSaNAH ||

Previously, after milking the cows, the king of the gopas had released them and his servants’ sons had moved the calves to another place. Now the cows waited at the border of Vraja, with upraised ears and timid eyes, mooing affectionately in anticipation of Krishna’s arrival. (KRSNAhnika-KaumudI 3.20)

babhrAje sa gavAM gaNo hara-ziraz candra-prabhA-bhAsvaraH
zvetadvIpa ivAparo vasumatI-saJcAra-lIlA-paraH |
tasmin santatam eva kintu bhagavAn vikrIDati zrIdharaH
zrImAn eSa tu saJcaraty agha-ripor avyagram agresaraH ||

As though another Svetadvipa on earth, the cows look very beautiful as they roam about, effulgent as the moon on Siva’s head. In that Svetadvipa, Bhagavan Sridhara always sports, but this charming Svetadvipa ranges about in great joy before Sri Krishna, the enemy of Agha. (KRSNAhnika-KaumudI 3.23)

dugdhAbdhi-prasava-kSamA api rucA dugdhAbdhi-zobhA-harA
dugdhAbdheH svayam utthitA bhagavatI lakSmIr ihaiva sthirA |
sarvAH kAma-gavI-yazo-bhara-muSo yAsAM nipItaM payaH
kRSNena zruti-mUrtayaH katham amUr gAvo girAm AzrayaH? ||

These cows can produce an ocean of milk and are indeed more beautiful than an ocean of milk. From an ocean of milk Bhagavati Laksmi has risen and now resides peacefully in these cows. Each of these cows surpasses in glory even the famed kamadhenu, the mythical cow that satisfies all desires. What words can describe these cows, who are the embodiment of the Vedas and whose milk has been drunk by Sri Krishna himself? (KRSNAhnika-KaumudI 3.24)

dRSTvA kRSNam upAgataM saha sakhI-vrAtaiH samAnanditAH
paGktIbhUya nijecchayaiva calitAH kenApi na preritAH |
kRSNAveza-mano-vikAza-pizunair Ananda-hambAravaiH
kurvANA haritAM mukhaM mukharitaM tAH kIrNa-karNotsavaiH ||

Seeing Krishna and his friends arrive nearby, in a group the cows began to happily move toward him without even being called. Joyfully absorbed in thinking only of Krishna, they all began to bellow loudly, creating a grand festival for the ears. (KRSNAhnika-KaumudI 3.25)