Gopalacampu 1.10.29

1.10.29

[30] kaṃsa uvāca-samyag gamyatāṃ nijam eva harmyam | punaś cānyam uvāca-ākāryatāṃ purataḥ sa vatsāsuraḥ | sa ca śacī-pater api klamanaḥ | sa-sambhrama-vikrama-kramatayā tenānīya samarpitaḥ pānīya-lavavad drava-pravaṇatāvastha eva tasthau | tena ca sambandhatām āśaṃsan pāṃśu-saṅghaval labdha-dhvaṃsaḥ kaṃsas tūpāṃśu taṃ sutam iva śaśaṃsa, vatsa vatsāsura, gaccha nandasya vrajam | gatvā ca vatsāṃś cārayataḥ kumārayatas tat-kumārasya sadeśam āsādya nijaṃ vatsa-veśam utpādya tasyāpakāram ārabhasva |

Kaṃsa said: “Go safely to your own palace.” And he said to another: “Summon that Vatsāsura before me!” And he was a torment even to Indra, the lord of Śacī. Brought forth by him with respectful, hurried steps, he stood trembling like a drop of water ready to melt away. Desiring an alliance with him, Kaṃsa, who was doomed to ruin like a heap of dust, praised him secretly as if he were his own son: “Dear Vatsāsura, go to Nanda’s Vraja! And having gone there, approach the vicinity of that boy who grazes the calves and plays as a child, assume your disguise as a calf, and begin to do him harm!”