Gopalacampu 1.10.12

1.10.12

[9] tad etad eva vrajarājaḥ sahajādibhir mantra-vidbhiḥ saha mantra-sahatayā vicārya, tantra-vidbhiḥ puṇya-dinam avadhārya, puṇyāha-vācanādikam api sañcārya tābhyāṃ go-bāla-pālanārambham ācārayāmbabhūva | [10] tābhyām eva saha mahā-gopālā mahaṃ vidhāya manasi ca sukhaṃ nidhāya nija-nija-bālān vatsa-pālān kalayāmāsuḥ | yasya cādau jananī-janitena majjana-sajjanena bhojana-bhajanena vasana-vasanena sad-alaṅkaraṇa-dharaṇena vetra-netra-muralī-gavalānāṃ valanena ca bala-kṛṣṇau śobhāṃ lebhāte |

[9] Deliberating in council on this very matter with his brothers and others knowledgeable in counsel, determining an auspicious day through those knowledgeable in the scriptures, and having the recitation of auspicious mantras performed, the king of Vraja had them begin the tending of the calves. [10] Along with the two boys, the great cowherds held a festival, and placing joy in their hearts, made their own boys into calf-herders. At the start of this, Bala and Kṛṣṇa acquired splendour through bathing and decoration performed by their mothers, eating of meals, wearing of clothes, donning of fine ornaments, and brandishing canes, ropes, flutes, and buffalo-horn bugles.