One day Kṛṣṇa entered the forest with Balarāma while tending the calves. When the cows who were pasturing atop Govardhana Hill looked down to find some green grass and saw their calves pasturing at the bottom of the hill, they forgot themselves and their caretakers because of intense affection. Although the path was very rough, the cows ran down the hill toward their calves with great anxiety. With their full udders spilling milk, their heads and tails raised, and their humps moving with their necks, they ran forcefully until they reached their calves to feed them.
Meanwhile the cowherd men traversed the rough path down the mountain with great difficulty. Having failed to check the cows from racing toward their calves, the men felt ashamed and angry. But when they reached their own sons, they were overwhelmed by great affection. All the thoughts of the cowherd men merged into the mellow of paternal love, which was aroused by the sight of their sons. Feeling great attraction for Them, their anger completely gone, they lifted up their sons, embraced Them in their arms, and enjoyed the highest pleasure by smelling Their heads.
DHṚTI-DEVĪ DĀSĪ, AND PARĪKṢIT DĀSA