Gopalacampu 1.10.14

1.10.14

[14] tad evaṃ mahā-maṅgala-saṅgatatayā vatsa-cāraṇotsavam anukriyamāṇe prayāṇe samudgata-śobha-samudgaka-vicitrac-chatra-cāmara-paṭṭa-paṭādi-nānā-sāmagrī-saṅgraha-vyagrībhūta-karā bhuvana-śubhaṅkarā jita-vṛndākarāḥ kiṅkara-dārakās tāv anusarantaḥ kim apy antaḥ-sukham anubabhūvuḥ | [15] tatra ca mātara-pitarāv ārabhya pratyāgāra-dvāraṃ sarvābhir anarvācīnābhir vara-varṇinībhir mahā-dhanair nirmañchyamānau dīpāyamāna-maṇibhir nīrājyamānau praphulla-surabhi-prasūnair abhivṛṣyamāṇau maṅgala-saṅgha-saṅgata-gītaiḥ saṅgīyamānau yathārhaṃ tad-antika-vacana-kānti-santatibhiḥ santoṣyamāṇau, purastād vikīrṇa-vistīrṇa-nayanair nirvarṇyamānau gurūn abhivādya niravadya-vādya-prasādyamāna-kautuka-pratataṃ pratasthāte
| [16] yatra divya-gaṇāś ca tadvad eva dīvyanti sma | tataś ca-

[14] Thus, during the departure enacted for the great festival of calf-tending accompanied by supreme auspiciousness, servant-boys—whose hands were occupied with gathering various utensils such as lovely caskets of rising beauty, variegated parasols, chowries, and silken garments; who brought auspiciousness to the world; and who had overcome crowds of hosts—followed the two and experienced an inexplicable inner delight. [15] And there, beginning from their mother and father, at every house-door, they were waved with precious treasures [by way of arati] by all the exalted, noble women, waved with lamps set with blazing gems, showered with blooming fragrant blossoms, serenaded with songs set with gatherings of auspicious meters, delighted with successive brilliant speeches spoken near them according to their worth, and gazed upon with wide, unblinking eyes from in front. After bowing to their elders, they set forth in an expanse of curiosity gladdened by faultless instrumental music, [16] wherein the gods too disported themselves in the very same way. And then—