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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.21.44
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 44
- tathaiva hariṇaiḥ kroḍaiḥ
- śvāvid-gavaya-kuñjaraiḥ
- gopucchair haribhir markair
- nakulair nābhibhir vṛtam
tathālikewise evalikewise — likewise; hariṇaiḥby deer — by deer; kroḍaiḥby boars — by boars; śvāvitporcupines — porcupines; gavayaa wild animal closely resembling the cow — a wild animal closely resembling the cow; kuñjaraiḥby elephants — by elephants; gopucchaiḥby baboons — by baboons; haribhiḥby lions — by lions; markaiḥby monkeys — by monkeys; nakulaiḥby mongooses — by mongooses; nābhibhiḥby musk deer — by musk deer; vṛtamsurrounded — surrounded.
Its shores abounded with deer, boars, porcupines, gavayas, elephants, baboons, lions, monkeys, mongooses and musk deer.
Musk deer are not found in every forest, but only in places like Bindu-sarovara. They are always intoxicated by the aroma of musk secreted from their navels. Gavayas, the species of cow mentioned herein, bear a bunch of hair at the end of their tails. This bunch of hair is used in temple worship to fan the Deities. Gavayas are sometimes called camarīs, and they are considered very sacred. In India there are still gypsies or forest mercantile people who flourish by trading kastūrī, or musk, and the bunches of hair from the camarīs. These are always in great demand for the higher classes of Hindu population, and such business still goes on in large cities and villages in India.