Verse 25

²⁵So into that forest, which had taken the most rain and was full of ripe dates and rose-apples, Hari went with Bala to play, the cows and the cowherds around him. ²⁶The cows were walking slowly under the great weight of their udders, but when the Bhagavan called them they came quickly, their udders running with love. ²⁷He saw the creatures of the forest glad, the ranks of trees dripping honey, the water coming down from the mountain, and the caves nearby, known by their sound. ²⁸Sometimes when it was raining hard the Bhagavan went into the hollow of a great tree or into a cave, and there he was happy, eating roots and bulbs and fruit.

²⁹On a flat rock near the water he ate curds and rice that had been brought out, together with Sankarsana and with the cowherds who shared his food. ³⁰The bulls settled on the green turf and chewing with their eyes shut, well fed, and the young calves, and the cows tired by the weight of their udders — ³¹seeing all this, and that beauty of the rains which brings gladness to every living being and which his own power had made greater, the Bhagavan did honour to it.