Gopalacampu 1.10.18

1.10.18

[19] tataś ca tau vatsāṃs tṛṇair āpyāyya jalam āpāyya sarvān vilokitavantau | śrī-kṛṣṇas tu teṣu kasyacid gaṇḍādi-kaṇḍūti-khaṇḍanena bāhu-daṇḍa-kṛta-kaṇṭhāvaguṇṭhanena, mātaraṃ militum icchasi? melayiṣyāmi iti tat-karṇe mithaḥ kapola-melana-pūrvaka-vṛthā-varṇanena ca tam upacarya sukham upalabdhavān |

[19] And then the two refreshed the calves with grass, gave them water to drink, and inspected them all. Śrī Kṛṣṇa, however, found delight in ministering to a certain one among them by scratching its cheeks and other parts, by encircling its neck with his rod-like arms, and by whispering teasing words into its ear as their cheeks touched: “Do you wish to meet your mother? I shall bring you to her.”