Gopalacampu 1.10.51

1.10.51

[47] kaṃsa uvāca-āṃ āṃ, mama suhṛttamaḥ sa eva kevalas tatra prasthāpanāya sthāpyatām ity ānāyya tathādiṣṭaḥ sad-aniṣṭaḥ sa duṣṭaḥ kaṃsa-puṣṭaḥ samprati baka-sthala-nāmānaṃ nāndīśvara-giri-samīpa-dhāmānam upasarasaṃ pradeśaṃ bhāvi-kṛṣṇa-praveśam adhigamyābhigamya giri-śṛṅga-bhramārambhaṃ dambhaṃ dadhamānas tasthau | yatra tulya-paryāyatayā dambha eva gahvarāyate sma |

Kaṃsa said, "Yes, yes! He alone is my closest friend; let him be stationed to be sent there." Summoned and so commanded, that wicked one, harmful to the virtuous and nourished by Kaṃsa, arrived at the region beside a lake known nowadays as Bakasthala, an abode near Mount Nāndīśvara where Kṛṣṇa was destined to enter. Approaching it, he stood exhibiting a deceit that initiated the illusion of a mountain peak, wherein, synonymous with it, deceit itself became a cavern.