Gopalacampu 1.10.20

1.10.20

[21] tataś cāhnāya madhyāhnāśanam ādāya sva-sva-dhāmataḥ samāgatābhis tad-ucitābhir vanitābhir janitānandanaḥ śrīmān nanda-nandanaḥ sakhi-vṛndam ānandayan vāṇīya-māna-veṇu-raṇitenākāraṇayā maṅkṣu saṅkalayāmāsa | saṅkalitāṃś ca sakhīn eṇīdṛśaḥ śreṇīkṛtya cādṛtya ca samupaveśitān suveśitān madhyam adhyāsita-śyāma-rāmān bhojana-kāmān krama-niśāmanayā yām anayā jemayāmāsuḥ | [22] yatra narmaṇā śarma-dānāya kiñcit kaścit kiñcit kaścid viśiślāghe śaślāghe ca | yatra ca tair vivadamānānāṃ saṃvadamānānāṃ cānyāsāṃ vacana-prativacana-śravaṇa-kautukānantaraṃ dhātrī-gaṇa-pātrī kācit tu dāsera-bālakān prati phelā-visarjana-rañjanāya pūrti-vyañjanayā bhojana-vitṛṣṇatām anucariṣṇuṃ
kṛṣṇaṃ prati sa-kāku jagāda-

[21] Then, with the midday meal brought quickly from their respective homes by suitable women who arrived, the glorious Nandanandana, whose delight was awakened, brought joy to his circle of friends and quickly assembled them by calling them with the sounded notes of his flute. The gazelle-eyed women arranged the assembled friends in rows, seated them with honor and fine dress, and, seeing their order of readiness, fed those eager to eat, with Śyāma and Rāma seated in their midst. [22] There, someone would playfully praise or tease another to give pleasure. And there, after the amusement of hearing the banter and arguments of the other women disputing and agreeing with them, one worthy woman among the wet-nurses spoke with earnest pleading to Kṛṣṇa—who was showing disinterest in food by expressing fullness so as to delight the servant-boys by casting his remnants to them: