Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 3.4.46; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.
Verse 3.4.46
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
तत्र स्तन्य-स्रावो, यथा श्री-दशमे (१०.१३.२२) —
तन्-मातरो वेणु-रव-त्वरोत्थिता
उत्थाप्य दोर्भिः परिरभ्य निर्भरम् ।
स्नेह-स्नुत-स्तन्य-पयः-सुधासवं
मत्वा परं ब्रह्म सुतान् अपाययन् ॥३.४.४६॥tatra stanya-srāvo, yathā śrī-daśame (10.13.22) —
tan-mātaro veṇu-rava-tvarotthitā
utthāpya dorbhiḥ parirabhya nirbharam |
sneha-snuta-stanya-payaḥ-sudhāsavaṃ
matvā paraṃ brahma sutān apāyayan ||3.4.46||
English translation
Milk flowing from the breasts, from the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [10.13.23]:
“The mothers of the boys, upon hearing the sounds of the flutes and bugles being played by their sons, immediately rose from their household tasks, lifted their boys onto their laps, embraced them with both arms and began to feed them with their breast milk, which flowed forth because of extreme love specifically for Kṛṣṇa. Actually Kṛṣṇa is everything, but at that time, expressing extreme love and affection, they took special pleasure in feeding Kṛṣṇa, the Parabrahman, and Kṛṣṇa drank the milk from His respective mothers as if it were a nectarean beverage.”