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As follows: / Having renounced mother's milk, with armlets rising \[on their arms\], perturbed by restlessness, / with a pair of wide eyes flickering in play, their faces ever smiling, / permeated with various amusements, the abode of playful sports with companions, / eager to gaze upon the calves: within my heart I worship the boyhood adorned by Rāma and Kṛṣṇa. // And further: / One fair and one dark, dressed in blue and yellow garments, / skilled in training in the sounds of horns and pipes, / eager for play, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, the two boys, / appear wonderfully marvelous amid their circle of companions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.6) \[3\] etad-avadhi ca vastra-paridhānaṃ krameṇa niścitaṃ jātaṃ, yathā- > \[3\] And from this time onward, wearing clothes gradually became established, as follows: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.7) vastraṃ dadhāti jananī-nihitaṃ prayatnāt kṣipraṃ ca bandhana-dhiyā svayam ujjahāti | bhūyas tad ardati bibharti ca yasya cārdhaṃ vrīḍāṃ vikalpya laghu nityayati sma kṛṣṇaḥ || \[vasantatilakā\] > He carefully put on the cloth placed by his mother, / and quickly cast it off himself, thinking it a bond; / he tore it again and wore half of it; / but imagining modesty, Kṛṣṇa soon wore it continually. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.8) \[4\] tatra nityam eva gojātam anuyātena tātena saha yātavantau samantād alaṃ tau bhramataḥ | yathā, agacchatāṃ tatra vane janānāṃ snehārthināṃ kroḍa-gatau pituś ca | apṛcchatāṃ tat-prati-vastu bālāv ayacchatāṃ śarma ca rāma-kṛṣṇau || \[upajāti 11\] > \[4\] There, having gone daily along with their father who followed the herd of cows, the two roamed all around at will. As follows: / Going to that forest, into the laps of people desiring affection / and into their father's lap, / the two boys asked about each and every object, / and Rāma and Kṛṣṇa bestowed joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.9) \[5\] tatra ca nivāryamāṇāv api visphāry-aham-pūrvikayā go-goyugaṃ gogoyuga-yugaṃ go-ṣaḍ-gavam api yugapad vaśayantāv akrīḍatām | anantaram api parasparam aparasparaṃ sadravam eva dravantau vighaṭita-dhenv-anaḍuha-saṅghaṭṭāv uddhatā dhenur vṛṣabhān api śṛṅga-grāhaṃ nivartayataḥ sma | kiṃ ca, pañcakenāpi paśūn gṛhṇītaḥ sma | > \[5\] And there, even though restrained, competing to be first, they played, bringing under control all at once a pair of cows, two pairs of cows, and even six cows. Then also, running along smoothly, neither preceding the other, breaking apart clashes between cows and oxen, they even held furious cows and bulls by the horns and turned them back. Moreover, they caught the beasts even by the hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.10) \[6\] dina-katipaye punar evaṃ gata-samaye tad etad upadhārya vrajeśvaryā patiṃ prati praṇaya-sphurad-upālambhaṃ bhaṇitaṃ, kim idam apūrvam iva kurvanti tatra-bhavantaḥ? iti | tena ca lajjātaṅkau sajjatā tau vañcayatā vanaṃ cañcatāmunānumatā taṃ ca taṃ ca sā ca sā ca tan-mātā vana-gamanatas tanayam atipraṇayān niruddhavatī | \[7\] niruddhau ca tāv utkaṇṭhāviṣṭhāv arodiṣṭām | tatra ca kadācid ahnāya nihnavam ārabhya pitur abhyarṇaṃ gacchantau, savayobhyaḥ sukhaṃ yacchantau vartmāparikalya vrajabahir upaśalya-sthair vatsa-pālyair bālaiḥ kṛta-melantau khelantau tat-pālāyamānau mumudāte | > \[6\] When some days had passed in this manner, having considered this, the queen of Vraja spoke to her husband with loving reproach: 'What is this unprecedented thing your honor is doing?' With that, seized by shame and apprehension, deceiving the boys, he slipped away to the forest, and with his assent, each mother out of intense affection restrained her respective son from going to the forest. \[7\] And being restrained, overwhelmed with longing, the two wept. Then, once having promptly concealed themselves, going near their father, granting happiness to their peers, and discerning the path, they met and played with the boys tending calves situated on the outskirts outside Vraja, and acting as their protectors, they rejoiced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.11) \[8\] tad evaṃ tayor asakṛtkṛtim anubhūya bhūyaḥ śrī-vraja-bhūpatī dampatī sukha-sambhūyamānatāyām api bhavya-dūyamāna-manastayā mantrayāmāsatuḥ: yadi go-saṅgāvasthānaṃ vinā na sthātuṃ pārayatas, tarhi vraja-sadeśa-deśe vatsān eva tāvat sañcārayatām iti | > \[8\] Thus, having repeatedly observed their conduct, the king and queen of glorious Vraja, though flooded with happiness, consulted with anxious minds: 'If they cannot remain without staying in the company of the cows, then let them graze the calves in an area adjacent to Vraja.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.13) \[11\] kṛṣṇas tv ānīte upānahau nahi-nahi-kāreṇa bahiś cakāra, kula-paramparā-gata-dhana-godhan-samārādhana-dharma-marma-bādhanaṃ hi tat-prasādhana-vaśād bhavati iti | tataḥ kṛṣṇa-bhāvam anubhavatā rāmeṇāpi tathānumatam | \[12\] duṣkara-gaṇanāni godhanāni tu nūnaṃ kṛta-tad-avadhānāni tad-ānukūlyāya prakhara-khara-khura-khanana-khuralībhir mṛn-maya-reṇūn api puṣpa-reṇūn iva vidhāya karkarākaṇṭakādikam api khaṇḍaśas tathā sandhāya tadīya-caraṇa-pracāra-bhūmiṃ sukha-sañcāratayā kārayāmāsuḥ | vasudhā ca sudhā-sekam eva tadīya-caraṇa-sañcāreṇa manvānā vṛndayā saha ca yogaṃ tanvānā tad-ānukūlyāvaśeṣaṃ niravaśeṣaṃ cakāra | yathā ca khadira-vanādikam api sukha-sañcārāya samyag adhikaṃ bhavati | \[13\] yathā ca sarvatra tadīya-caraṇa-kiśalayālaya-sūkṣma-rekhā-lekhānām udayaḥ sarva-mud-ayanaṃ bhavatīti prakṛtam anusarāmaḥ | > \[11\] But when two sandals were brought, Kṛṣṇa cast them aside with a gesture of “no, no,” \[thinking\]: “The fundamental sacred duty of honouring the wealth of cattle, which has come down through generations of our lineage, would be harmed by putting on such an adornment.” Then Rāma too, perceiving Kṛṣṇa's feeling, assented accordingly. \[12\] The innumerable cattle indeed, noticing this, made the ground over which his feet walked easy to traverse for his comfort, by means of practicing sharp digging with their swift hooves, turning even dust of earth into flower-pollen as it were, and grinding pebbles, thorns, and other such things to pieces. And the earth, regarding his footfalls as an aspersion of nectar and joining in union with Vṛndā, completely removed any leftover obstacles to his comfort, so that even the Khadira forest and other \[thorny groves\] became exceedingly delightful to walk through. \[13\] And as the manifestation of the fine lines of marks upon his lotus-like feet brings about a rising of all joy everywhere, let us return to our subject. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.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— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.15) veṇu-vetra-dala-śṛṅgavaṭībhiḥ kanduka-bhramara-dāru-naṭībhiḥ | krīḍinau sa-śiśu-go-suta-jāte nīla-pīta-vasanau rurucāte || \[svāgatā\] > Playing with flutes, canes, leafy horn-whistles, / balls, spinning tops, and wooden puppets, / dressed in blue and yellow garments among the herds of calves with their young, / the two shone forth. || > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.16) \[17\] tad anu, dūrataḥ sūratatayā purataḥ paśyadṛśaḥ pitṛtatsadṛśas te kāṃścit prauḍhān ūḍhāvadhānān vidhāya, cārapradeśavicāram abhidhāya ca, kramata eva vyutkramataḥ kramamāṇāḥ sukṛtinaḥ kṛtinaḥ parāvavṛtire | \[18\] rāma-rāmānujādayaś ca kiñcid añcitvā- > \[17\] Thereafter, from a distance, looking forward with bright, affectionate gazes, the fathers and those like them made certain mature cowherds take careful watch, explained the choice of grazing-places, and then, moving forward in step and out of step, those virtuous, fortunate elders turned back. \[18\] Then Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, and the others, having advanced a little— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.17) visārya vatsān āvārya paritaḥ śādvale sthale | khelāṃ cakrur mitho melād āvelāṃ bhojanāgateḥ || \[anuṣṭubh\] yathā, veṇuṃ vādayatoḥ phalādi kiratoḥ śiñjat-tulākoṭi-bhāg- aṅghribhyāṃ kṣipator vṛṣānukaraṇaiḥ saṃyudhyator etayoḥ | bhrātror nirjayinor mitho drava-vaśād uccaiḥ sakhāyaś ca te pārṣṇi-grāhatayā yudhaṃ vidadhataḥ kolāhalaṃ cakrire || \[śārdūla\] > Letting the calves disperse and penning them all around in a grassy meadow, / they played together in company until the hour for eating arrived. || > Just as: > As they two played their flutes, scattered fruits and other things, / kicked with their feet bearing tinkling anklets, / and wrestled together, imitating bulls, / their comrades, cheering loudly due to the excitement between the two brothers who were invincible, / joined the battle as their rearguard and raised a great uproar. || > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.18) \[19\] tataś ca tau vatsāṃs tṛṇair āpyāyya jalam āpāyya sarvān vilokitavantau | śrī-kṛṣṇas tu teṣu kasyacid gaṇḍādi-kaṇḍūti-khaṇḍanena bāhu-daṇḍa-kṛta-kaṇṭhāvaguṇṭhanena, mātaraṃ militum icchasi? melayiṣyāmi iti tat-karṇe mithaḥ kapola-melana-pūrvaka-vṛthā-varṇanena ca tam upacarya sukham upalabdhavān | > \[19\] And then the two refreshed the calves with grass, gave them water to drink, and inspected them all. Śrī Kṛṣṇa, however, found delight in ministering to a certain one among them by scratching its cheeks and other parts, by encircling its neck with his rod-like arms, and by whispering teasing words into its ear as their cheeks touched: “Do you wish to meet your mother? I shall bring you to her.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.19) \[20\] atha bhrātarau sakhibhir jalāplavana-kelim ācarya vanya-veśa-viśeṣam apy āsajjya caraṇa-caryayā carantāv apūrva-mṛga-pakṣiṇaḥ samantāl lakṣayantau vailakṣyam āsedatuḥ | tatra ca, rutam anukurutas tau līlayā yasya jantoḥ samudayati tadīyaṃ jāti-mātraṃ tadāśu | bhaṇitam atha vidhattas tad-viruddhasya tasmin yadi bhayam anu tasmāl līyate taj javena || \[mālinī\] > \[20\] Then the two brothers engaged in water-sports with their friends, assumed their special rustic attire, walked about on foot, and watching unprecedented deer and birds all around, felt wonder. And there, > Whichever creature's cry they two playfully imitated, / the whole species of that animal immediately gathered; / and then, when they made the call of its natural predator, / if fear arose in it, it vanished with swift speed. || > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.21) mayā yatnād etad drava-madhuram ārād upahṛtam jananyā rāmasya prayatana-yujā sādhitam idam | bhavan-mātrā cāsya svadana-vidhaye datta-śapathaṃ muhuḥ sandiṣṭaṃ tan nikhilam upayuṅkṣva trayam api || \[śikhariṇī\] > “This sweet liquid has been brought from nearby by me with great effort; / this was prepared by Rāma's mother with earnest endeavor; / and your own mother has repeatedly bound you with an oath to relish it. / Therefore, consume all three!” || > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.22) \[23\] tad evaṃ kautuka-viśeṣeṇa jāte bhojana-śeṣe racitācamanaṃ tam ananta-guṇa-kamanaṃ rāma-dāmādibhiḥ sahitaṃ sahitaṃ sā punaḥ karpūra-rasa-pūra-pūrṇa-khapura-pūrita-sacūrṇa-svarṇa-varṇa-parṇa-puṭa-dāna-puraḥ-saram evam avādīt, lālya-pālyamāna-mātṛ-sandeśatayā bālyam apahāya tūrṇam eva vraja-sadanaṃ pūrṇam ācaraṇīyam | > \[23\] Thus, when the meal came to an end amid great merriment and he had performed his sipping of water, she, bringing forward a betel packet of golden hue, filled with powdered areca nuts and perfumed betel nuts replete with an abundance of camphor juice, again spoke thus to that desirable youth of boundless virtues, who was accompanied by Rāma, Dāman, and the others: “Because of the message of your mother, who cherishes and protects you, you should put aside your childish ways and return fully to the abode of Vraja right away.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.23) \[24\] atha kiñcid dūraṃ gatvā tasya teṣāṃ ca khelā-melābhiniveśaṃ matvā grīvāṃ parāvartya nartyamāna-nayanatayā samarthāṃs tat-pālakān bālakān praty uvāca-are re, śīghram evāyaṃ prāṇayanīyo vraja-dharaṇīśa-praṇayinyāḥ prāṇasya prāṇaḥ iti | > Then, having walked a short distance and noticing his and their absorption in playful games, she turned her neck back and, with dancing eyes, said to the capable boys who tended him: “Ohe! Quickly must this life of the life of the King of Vraja's beloved lady be brought home!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.24) \[25\] tad evaṃ gatāsu tāsu sāgrajaḥ sa tu duṣparihara-bāṣpa-cchedya-sa-puṣpa- tṛṇa-mukhān vatsān vrajābhimukhān vidhāya śanaiś cārayan gāyan nṛtyan hasan krīḍan divi-carair brāhmaṇair brāhmaṇaiḥ stūyamānaḥ sumanobhiś ca sumanobhir vṛṣyamāṇaḥ svagṛhāya vartma jagṛhe | > When they had thus gone, he, along with his elder brother, turned toward Vraja the calves—their mouths full of grass and flowers that could not be relinquished even to chew—and slowly herded them, singing, dancing, laughing, and playing; and being praised by the gods, the celestial brāhmaṇas, as well as by terrestrial brāhmaṇas, and showered with flowers by delighted gods, he took the path toward his own home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.25) \[26\] tataś ca vatsāvāsaṃ yāvat sāgraja-mitra-vrajatayā yathākramaṃ vikramamānas tatra ca vatsān saṅkṛtya kṛta-kṛtyatayā ramamāṇas tal-lāvaṇya-darśanena harṣamānas tat prāg eva sarvair vraja-vāsibhir upavrajyamānaḥ snānādi-pūrvakaṃ divyam ambaraṃ valayamānaḥ śīghram eva bhojanaṃ bhajamānaḥ punar api go-dohana-bhūmi-gamanena sukhaṃ yajamānas tat-tan-mātṛ-nāmabhir vatsān hvayamānaḥ sambhramatas tad-gamana-vyatikramāt prahāsa-maya-mānaḥ pradugdhāni dugdhāni ca tāni kiṅkara-nikareṇa gṛhaṃ hārayamāṇaḥ punar ālayam āgamya kṣaṇa-katipayaṃ mātaram ānandya tām anu vindamānaś candra-śālikāṃ viśramāya śrayamāṇaḥ punar sarveṣām atiharṣaṃ vavarṣa | prasvāpya ca taṃ ca taṃ ca sā ca sā ca mātā paritaḥ parijana-kumārān sannidhāpya gṛha-vyavahārāya bṛhad-dhāma jagāma | > Then, proceeding in due order with his elder brother and circle of friends as far as the calves' shed, and having gathered the calves there, he rejoiced at the completion of his task, delighted by the sight of their loveliness; being welcomed beforehand by all the inhabitants of Vraja, he donned splendid garments after bathing and other rites, quickly partook of a meal, and again enjoyed happiness by going to the cow-milking grounds; he called the calves by the names of their respective mothers, laughed heartily at the confusion caused by their disorderly rushing, had the milked milk carried home by the throngs of servants, returned again to his abode, delighted his mother for a few moments, was embraced by her, and, ascending to the moonlit roof-chamber for rest, showered supreme delight upon everyone once more. And when that mother and that mother had put to sleep this boy and that boy, and had stationed the attendant lads all around, they retired to the great house to attend to household affairs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.26) \[27\] tad evaṃ dina-katipaye parama-ramaṇena gamita-samaye sa tu nṛśaṃsaḥ kaṃsa-nāmā yathārha-varṇa-kṛta-varṇanataḥ samākīrṇa-tat-tad-vṛndāvanāgamanādi-vṛttāntaḥ svāntaś cintayāmāsa- > Thus, when a few days had been spent in supreme delight, that cruel one named Kaṃsa, through the description given by his spy as was proper, learned the entire news of his going to Vṛndāvana and other matters, and reflected within his mind: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.27) \[28\] hanta, satyatā-sāreṇa devyā vacanānusāreṇa nanda-gopa-ḍimbhatā-dambha eva sa ko' pi gopitaḥ sambhāvyate, yena nūtanāvayavenāpi duḥsaha-mahasaḥ pūtanādayaḥ sahasā gāmbhīryāvṛttena vīryātiśayenālambhanīyatāṃ lambhitāḥ | trasyati ca tasya nāma-dhāma-vaśān mama hṛdayam | tasmād asau chalata evotkalanīyaḥ | hanta, chalān apy uttaram uttaram atiriktaṃ yuktam eva te prayuktavantaḥ | tathāpi kadarthitī-bhūya vyarthī-bhūtāḥ iti vicārya, punar api taṃ praṇidhiṃ sannidhiṃ nikāyyataḥ samānāyya papraccha, aye, tvayedam apy avakalitaṃ, jātau kasyāṃ tasyādaraḥ sneha-bharaś ca paramaḥ parāmṛśyate? > “Alas! In accord with the words of the goddess, which are full of truth, some disguised person is suspected to be hiding under the pretense of being the boy of Nanda the cowherd, by whom—even with his tender limbs—Pūtanā and the others of irresistible power were suddenly brought to ruin through an excess of prowess concealed beneath solemnity. And my heart trembles under the power of his name and glory. Therefore, he must be eliminated through deceit. Alas, even through trickery, one after another, they have employed superior and well-devised plans; yet they were confounded and reduced to failure.” Having considered thus, he again summoned that spy near from his dwelling and asked: “Ah, did you also observe this: toward which species is his great affection and profound love perceived?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.28) \[29\] sa covāca-deva, go-vatseṣu tad-utsekaḥ pratīyate | > And he said: “O king, his excess of fond passion is seen toward the calves.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.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!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.30) \[31\] tataḥ sa ca, yathājñāpayanti rājñām ājñāpakāḥ iti tad-vacanānupathātmā tat pratiśāsanād atrāsam eva tatrājagāma | yatra svacche vatsa-krīḍana-nāmani yāmuna-kacche tad-vidha-māraka-karmā vraja-rāja-janmā vatsān mānayan nayana-viṣayaṃ viṣa-dharam iva taṃ cakāra | > Then he, whose mind followed the command—saying, “As the master of kings commands!”—went there without fear pursuant to that directive. There, on the clear bank of the Yamunā named Vatsakrīḍana, the son of the King of Vraja, whose nature was to slay such creatures, was honoring the calves when he brought him into the range of his sight, like a venomous serpent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.31) \[32\] atha matsaratas tata itaḥ saratas tasya gandhānusandhānataḥ kṛtsnān khaṭa-deśam aṭataḥ śakṛtkarīn vyagraṃ paśyataḥ paśyann agrajaṃ vrajarāja-tanūjanū rahaḥ sa-vyājaṃ vyajahāra, bṛhad-bhrātaḥ, prātar anāyātaḥ paricīyate vā ko' yam upatoyaṃ pratīyate vatsaḥ? > Then, seeing him roaming from place to place out of malice, following the scent and inspecting all the calves grazing in the grass-rich region with anxious looks, the son of the king of Vraja looked at his elder brother and spoke secretly with a pretext: “Elder brother, do you recognize who this calf is that has not arrived since morning, seen standing near the water?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.32) \[33\] rāma uvāca-bhrātar, nahi nahi | > Rāma said: “Brother, no, I do not!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.33) \[34\] kṛṣṇa uvāca-nirūpyatām | > Kṛṣṇa said: “Observe carefully!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.34) \[35\] rāma uvāca-bhīṣaṇa-prakṛtir iva pratīyate | > Rāma said: “He appears to have a terrifying nature!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.35) \[36\] kṛṣṇa uvāca-pūrvaja, pūrva-devo' yam | > Kṛṣṇa said: “Elder brother, this is an asura, a former god!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.36) \[37\] rāma uvāca-satyam, yasmād asmāsu vatseṣu cākasmād adṛṣṭijādṛṣṭir asya dṛśyate | > Rāma said: “True, because his gaze toward us and the calves is seen to arise without any prior familiarity.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.37) \[38\] kṛṣṇa uvāca-yadi bhavad-ādiṣṭaṃ syāt tarhy etaṃ diṣṭāntam āsādayāmi | > Kṛṣṇa said: “If it is your command, then I shall bring him to his end.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.38) \[39\] rāma uvāca-lokataḥ kalaṅkataḥ śaṅke | > Rāma said: “I fear disgrace from the world.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.39) \[40\] kṛṣṇa uvāca-maraṇe ditya-patyatā param āgatya pratyakṣī-bhaviṣyaty asya | tataḥ ko' pi nāpavadeta | > Kṛṣṇa said: “Upon his death, his state as a son of Diti will emerge fully and become evident to all. Then no one will speak reproachfully.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.40) \[41\] rāmaḥ saharṣam uvāca-dviṣantapa, sacchalam etaṃ sacchalam eva mandaṃ mandam abhyavaskanda | > Rāma said with delight: “O scorcher of foes, subtly attack this deceitful one, deceitful as he is, very gently!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.41) \[42\] atha śrīvatsa-vakṣāś ca vatsān anyāṃś cucukāreṇa sannidhānaḥ kaṇṭha-gaṇḍa-piciṇḍādau kaṇḍūm apanayamānaḥ, sarvataḥ krīḍan gāyan parva tanvann ivāsīt | > Then he whose chest bears the śrīvatsa mark called the other calves with a whistling sound, scratched their throats, cheeks, and bellies, and, playing and singing everywhere, seemed to be creating a festive occasion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.42) \[43\] tatas tasyāpi labdha-chidraṃ-manyasya, kūṭa-mayyā sva-kaṇḍūti-vighaṭanecchayā nikaṭam aṭatas, tad akarkaśa-mudrayā sahasā tān hitvā taṃ sa-puccha-pādaṃ gṛhītvā bhramayāmāsa | yāvacchaḥ parivartanaṃ bhramayatā vatsasya cakre' munā tāvacchaḥ pratipat kramān niragamad rūpāntaraṃ cāgamat | krīḍāyāḥ phala-pātanārtham iva ca kṣipte kapitthopari jñātṛtvaṃ naṭavat kalāṃ ca pṛthukās te tasya śaślāghire || \[śārdūla\] > Then, as that demon, thinking he had found an opening, approached deceitfully with the desire to have his own itching relieved, Kṛṣṇa, with a gentle gesture, suddenly stepped away from the calves, seized him by his tail and hind legs, and swung him around: > As many times as he whirled the calf around, > so many times his consciousness fled by degrees, and another form appeared; > and when he hurled him atop a wood-apple tree as if to knock down fruit in play, > those boys praised his discernment and his actor-like artistry. ||10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.43) atha devaiḥ prasūnāni vṛṣṭāni hasitāni ca | na nāsayā na ca dṛśā bhinnatāṃ netum īśire || \[anuṣṭubh\] > Then the flowers showered by the gods and their smiles > could not be distinguished from one another, neither by the nose nor by the eye. ||11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.44) \[44\] tad anu ca parihāsa-bhāsamāna-hāsaṃ divya-sabhāsadas tad idam avadaṃś ca, nūnam etad eva deva-vairi-vairiṇas tātparyaṃ paryavasyati | > And thereupon, their smiles gleaming with jest, the members of the divine assembly said this: “Surely this alone is the conclusion of the purpose of the enemy of the gods' enemies \[Kṛṣṇa\]!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.45) vayaṃ gāṃ gopālāḥ paricinumahe tad-dviṣam api praticchanne rūpe' py anumiti-nidāna-vyatikarāt | ato re re vatsākṛti-suraripo mad-vidha-karāt kathaṃ te mokṣaḥ syād iha laṣasi cet pretya bhavatu || iti | \[śikhariṇī\] > "We are cowherds; we recognize cows, and their enemy too, > through the conjunction of indicative signs, even in a disguised form. > Therefore, O enemy of the gods who has taken a calf's shape! From the hands of someone like me, > how could you find release? If you desire it here, let it be after death!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.46) tad evaṃ- > Thus: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.47) tau vatsād api rakṣantau sarvaṃ lokaṃ rarakṣatuḥ | yad-arthaṃ prātarāśādi yasmin daitya-vadhādi ca || \[anuṣṭubh\] > Protecting all the worlds, the two guarded them even from a calf, > for whose sake \[happened\] the breakfast and the rest, and in which \[day\] the slaying of the demon and the rest occurred. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.48) \[45\] tataś ca tad-dine' pi śrī-kṛṣṇa-rāmayoḥ svadhāma-samāgamanaṃ jātam, kintu tad-vṛttam aniṣṭam iti tad-iṣṭa-gaṇaḥ sarva evāvariṣṭa | tac ca, na jāne kiṃ-vadantī kiṃvadantī syād, iti sacintībhūya | > And then, on that day too, the arrival of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Rāma at their own home occurred; but because that incident was ominous, all their loved ones kept quiet, becoming anxious: "I do not know what kind of rumor might be spoken!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.49) kaṃsas tu tasmād vatsapād api vatsāsura-nirvāsanam apasarpa-mukhād viṣam iva karṇa-randhra-sparśa-mātreṇāntaḥ sambhūya bhṛśaṃ dṛśau nimīlayāmāsa | tena daśamīm iva daśāṃ prāpitaḥ | sa tu mantribhiḥ kathañcid bahir avadhāpitaḥ sārdham eva tair idam acāru vicārayāmāsa, hanta sambhāvitā dambhānvitā bahavaḥ prasthāpitāḥ, na tu tair bhadraṃ kiñcid api sañcitam | teṣāṃ dhīpsā-vīpsā hi na hīpsāṃ trātavatī, pratyuta tān eva psātavatī | tataḥ kiṃ kurmaḥ? > Kaṃsa, however, as soon as the expulsion of Vatsāsura by that very calf-herder reached his ear-cavities from the mouth of his spy, like poison penetrating within, tightly closed his eyes. By this, he was brought as if to the tenth stage \[of death\]. But having been somehow revived by his ministers, he unhappily reflected together with them: "Alas, many arrogant ones, held in high regard, were sent, but not the slightest good was achieved by them! For their yearning for deception did not preserve their desire; on the contrary, it devoured them. What, then, do we do?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.50) \[46\] mantriṇa ūcuḥ, deva, kevalaṃ bakam atra balam avalambāmahe, yatas tajjātāv eva dambha-sambhārā gambhīrāyante | > The ministers said, "Your Majesty, in this matter we rely upon Baka alone as our strength, since in his kind alone the mass of deceit grows profound." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.52) \[48\] tadā ca śrī-gopāla-valitā gopāla-bālā go-bālān pālayantaḥ pānīyaṃ pāyayantaḥ kūlam anusthāpayantaḥ svayam api payaḥ-pānam ayantaḥ parasparaṃ snapayantaḥ samutthāya ca kalāpayantaś cikrīḍuḥ | kalāpayantaś ca puṣpāharaṇāya parataḥ pracāram āceruḥ, tam ācarantaś ca taṃ bakam īkṣāmāsur utprekṣāmāsuś ca: aho, girir ayaṃ dūrata eva kutaḥ? puras tasya śṛṅgam | tataḥ sadya evādaḥ śata-manyunā manyunā śata-koṭi-troṭitam iti ghaṭate | punar nicāyya ca procuḥ, nedaṃ giri-śṛṅgaṃ saṅgacchate, kintu jantu-viśeṣaḥ so' yaṃ mantum iva cikīrṣann amitaśīrṣaṃ vartate, yata ugram-paśyatayā kharatā-cañcu-cuñcutayā ca baka iva parāmṛśyate | > And then, surrounded by Śrī Gopāla, the cowherd boys, tending the calves, watering them, leading them to the shore, drinking water themselves, splashing one another, and rising up and binding up their peacocks' tails, played. As they tied their feather-crests, they wandered farther to gather flowers; and while wandering, they saw that crane and conjectured: "Ah, whence this mountain from afar? Its peak is in front. Therefore, it is fitting that this was just now split by Indra's thunderbolt in anger!" But observing closely again, they said: "This does not fit as a mountain peak; rather, it is a kind of living creature, with an immeasurable head, looking as if wishing to ponder—since by its fierce glance and by the skill of its sharp beak, it is regarded as a crane." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.53) \[49\] śrī-kṛṣṇa uvāca- ākārāt pakṣitulyaḥ syād vyāpārān na ca pakṣivat | bakaḥ kiṃ navakaḥ sākṣāt kūṭavat sthitir īkṣyate? || \[anuṣṭubh\] > Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: > "From its form it might be like a bird, but from its action not like a bird. > Is it a crane, or a newcomer? It is seen standing plainly like a mountain peak." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.54) \[50\] atra tatra jigamiṣann eva samiṣa-śliṣṭatāviśiṣṭaṃ kūṭa-śabdaṃ paṭhitavān | \[51\] atha samuddaṇḍa-daṇḍa-varaṇḍa-sakhi-maṇḍala-maṇḍitaḥ puṇḍarīka-locanas taṃ jānann apy ajānann iva tasya tuṇḍa-sannidhim eva gamane' vadhiñcakāra | sparśa-viṣa-viṣadhara-viśeṣa-kumāraḥ kautukātireka-vaśād bhekasyeva | > Here, while merely wishing to go there, he uttered the word kūṭa endowed with a double entendre of deceit. Then, adorned by the circle of his friends carrying raised stout sticks, the lotus-eyed one, though knowing him, made his beak's vicinity the limit of his approach as if not knowing him, just as a young boy, out of intense curiosity, might approach an extraordinarily venomous serpent whose touch is poison, as if it were a frog. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.55) \[52\] tataś ca gaṇḍūpadaṃ manyamānaḥ sa ca maṇḍūka iva kuṇḍali-pogaṇḍaṃ taṃ nijagāra, na tu kiñcit kuñcayitum api śaśāka | kintu hanta, hanta, sphūrtiṃ prati santama-sadharmaṇā tena karmaṇā śrī-rāma-dāmādīn prāṇair vikalitāṃ kalayāmāsa | sva-bhrātṛ-vīryaṃ januṣā vidann api pralamba-kārir baka-ceṣṭite' rditaḥ | bhaiṣmīkṛte tasya gatau yathaiva sa premā hi sarvaṅgila-bhāvam ṛcchati || \[upajāti 12\] > And then, deeming him an earthworm, he swallowed that young serpent like a frog, but was unable to constrict him in the least. But alas, alas! By that deed, which shared the nature of thick darkness toward consciousness, he caused Śrī Rāma, Śrīdāman, and the others to be bereft of life. > Though knowing from birth the prowess of his brother, > the foe of Pralamba was tormented by Baka's deed. > Just as when he went to make Bhaiṣmī his own, > love indeed assumes a state that swallows all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.56) \[53\] atha bakaḥ sva-kaṇṭhāvaṭe kṛpīṭa-yonivat kapaṭa-tejaskaṃ taṃ jhaṭity ujjagāra | tataś ca, so' yaṃ mama hṛdayam abhrākṣīd iti vibhāvya punas tan nigaraṇa-yogyaṃ nādrākṣīt, kintu tataḥ parāṅ-mukhaḥ sa punar baka iva mūrkhaḥ sura-śātrava-bakas tejo-mātra-gātratayāvagatam api taṃ troṭi-koṭibhyāṃ troṭayitum udayuṅkta | \[54\] sa tu śauṭīrya-koṭīśvaras tat-troṭī karābhyāṃ vighaṭayaṃs taṃ sa-pāṭavaṃ pāṭayāmāsa, bhīmo jarāsandham iva, bālo vīraṇam iva vā | > Then Baka immediately vomited him out, whose deceitful splendor in the hollow of his throat was like fire. And then, realizing, "This one has scorched my heart," he did not see him fit to swallow again; but turning away from that, that foolish demon-Baka, again like a crane, endeavored to tear him with the tips of his beak, even though he knew he had a body of sheer fiery energy. But he, the lord of millions of valiant heroes, splitting that beak with both hands, skillfully tore him in two, as Bhīma did Jarāsandha, or as a boy splits a reed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.57) yadā murāriṃ nijagāra kahvas tadā sakhāyaḥ sabalā mumūrcchuḥ | udgīrṇavān yarhi tadānvacetan svabhāva-jaṃ prema parān apekṣi || \[upajāti 11\] > When the crane swallowed Murāri, > then his companions, along with Baladeva, swooned. > When he vomited him out, then they regained consciousness; > love born of one's own nature is independent of others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.58) \[55\] yatra vṛndārakā dārakāś ca kramān mumudire | yathā- > Whereupon the gods and the boys rejoiced in turn. As follows: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.59) bakāsure vatsasurāri-ghātinā hate surā nartana-vādya-vartanāḥ | te nandanād apy atisetutāṃ gatā mallyādyam ullūya mudā varīvṛṣuḥ || \[upajāti 12\] > When Bakāsura was slain by the slayer of the enemy of the gods who had taken calf-form, > the gods, engaging in dancing and music, > having exceeded all bounds of restraint even beyond Nandana, > plucked jasmine and other flowers and showered them down with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.60) \[56\] śrī-kṛṣṇābhiprāyam utprekṣamāṇāḥ sādbhutaṃ prekṣamāṇā bakam upajahasuś ca | yathā- > Guessing Śrī Kṛṣṇa's intention and looking on with wonder, they also mocked Baka. As follows: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.61) prasārayaṃs tvaṃ grasanāya cañcuṃ sāhāyakaṃ tatra mayāpy akāri | vidīrṇam āsīd yadi sarvam aṅgaṃ mamāsti doṣaḥ kva nu mūḍha kahva? || \[upajāti 11\] > "While you were opening your beak to swallow, > I too offered assistance in that matter. > If your entire body was torn apart, > where, pray, foolish crane, is my fault?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.62) tatra ca- yasmin bakāsyād udite' pi te' rbhakā jijīvur asmin milite bakāntake | teṣv aśru-kampa-svara-bhaṅga-saṅgataṃ vaivarṇyam ṛcchet kim u varṇanīyatām || \[upajāti 12\] > And in that connection: > When he emerged from Baka's mouth, those boys > revived when this slayer of Baka met them; > how could their paleness, conjoined with tears, trembling, > and choked voice, be described? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.63) \[57\] atha sarve samaya-vyagratayā śīghram eva tasmin sarasi militvā snātvā taṃ pradeśaṃ hitvā kṛṣṇaṃ gṛhītvā gṛhāya pratasthire | > Then, all of them, being hurried by the time, quickly gathered at that lake, bathed, left that place, took Kṛṣṇa, and departed for home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.64) kṛta-gṛhāgamanā vraja-bālakās tad akhilaṃ khalu vṛttam avarṇayan | baka-khagasya tathākṛtitā tathā śiśu-kṛtā mṛtir evam abhūd iti || \[drutavilambitā\] tad-vārtā-yugalena gokula-bhuvāṃ dagdhaṃ ca siktaṃ ca yat pratyaṅgaṃ tad idaṃ layāya bhavitety evaṃ janaiḥ śaṅkitam | paścāt pratyuta romaharṣam adadhād yat tat tu yuktaṃ parā vārtā tatra varāmṛtād api parā tair evam āsvādyata || \[śārdūla\] > Having returned home, the boys of Vraja described that entire incident: > how such was the form of the heron bird, > and how its death was brought about by the boy. > Because of those two reports, every limb of the people of Gokula was burned and sprinkled, > so that the people feared: “This surely will lead to destruction!” > Yet afterward, when it conversely brought about horripilation, it was only fitting; > for the subsequent report, superior even to the finest nectar, was savored by them thus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.65) \[58\] tataś ca te sarve samudvignam uditāḥ samuditā vitrāsānanda-nispandaṃ śrīman-nanda-mandira-jana-vṛndam anuvindamānāḥ śrī-govinda-vadanāravindam asra-sanditāḥ sandarīdṛśya parāmṛśya ca bakāntānām aśāntānāṃ maraṇe kāraṇaṃ parasparam ūcuḥ- asya bālasya kiṃ pūrvaṃ kim apūrvaṃ vrajeśituḥ | kim arthaṃ vā pūrvam āgas te cakrus te hatā yataḥ || \[anuṣṭubh\] > Then, all of them—having set out agitated, then assembled together, overcome with tears as they gazed repeatedly upon the lotus face of Śrī Govinda, who was surrounded by the crowd of people from the residence of glorious Nanda who were motionless with dread and joy—reflected and said to one another regarding the cause of the death of those restless ones that ended with Baka: > “What past or unprecedented deed belongs to this boy of the lord of Vraja, > or for what reason did they previously commit an offense, because of which they were slain?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.66) \[59\] tad evaṃ prapañce' vatīrṇānām api śrīman-nandādīnāṃ tad-varṇanānandād adīnānāṃ prapañca-dharmeṇa saṅkīrṇatāṃ na varṇayāmāsuḥ | ūcuś ca śrī-bādarāyaṇi-caraṇāḥ- > Thus, even though glorious Nanda and the others had descended into the material world, being undaunted through the joy of describing His pastimes, \[the sages\] did not describe them as tainted by material nature. And the revered Bādarāyaṇi said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.67) iti nandādayo gopāḥ kṛṣṇa-rāma-kathāṃ mudā | kurvanto ramamānāś ca nāvindan bhava-vedanām ||\[BhP 10.11.58\] iti | > “Thus Nanda and the other cowherds, joyfully discussing the deeds of Kṛṣṇa and Rāma > and delighting in them, did not experience the agony of worldly existence.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.68) \[60\] tad etad baka-nirgranthanam ugram ugrasena-duṣputraḥ śrotreṇāpīya vyagra-cetā babhūva, bhāvayāmāsa ca-hanta, sarva eva māyātiriktatā-prayoktāras tatra riktī-kṛtāḥ | sarvaṃ lumpantas te culumpāmāsire ca | tarhi vyomābhidhāna-dānava-mātram atra pātraṃ paśyāmaḥ | \[61\] sarva-māyā-maya-maya-tanayaḥ prakhyāta-bala-valayaḥ sa hi mahīyān iti padmāvatī-jaraṭha-jaṭhara-janmā saṃmānanayā tam ānāyya tat-kāryāya paryāpayāmāsa | > Having drunk with his ears this fierce destruction of Baka, the wicked son of Ugrasena became agitated in mind and reflected: “Alas! All those who wielded power beyond ordinary illusion have been rendered hollow there. And those who destroyed everything have themselves been consumed! Then we see only the demon named Vyoma as the fit agent in this matter. He is the son of Maya, who is made of all illusion, and he is famous for his circle of strength; he is indeed great.” Thus Padmāvatī’s offspring from her aging womb had him summoned with honor and dispatched him for that task. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.69) \[62\] sa cāgamya vyoma-nāmā kṛta-vyomāvalambatayā nyakṣeṇa vīkṣamāṇaḥ kāmyakāraṇya-dharaṇī-dhara-sannidhānataḥ samam atyarbhaka-vṛndenātyarbhakatayā nirvrīḍa-krīḍā-sandarbhaṃ śrī-yaśodā-garbha-jātaṃ śrī-rohiṇy-arbhakaṃ vinā samāyātaṃ dadarśa vimamarśa ca- > Having arrived, that demon named Vyoma, keeping to the sky and looking closely down, saw near the hill of the Kāmyaka forest the son born from the womb of glorious Yaśodā, who had arrived without the boy of glorious Rohiṇī, engaged in an unabashed display of play along with a crowd of very young boys because of his extreme boyhood; and he reflected: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.70) \[63\] ete khalu bhoḥ dāsyāḥ-putra ! caurasya-kula ! paśyato-hara ! devānāṃ priya ! iti parasparaṃ sambodhayantaḥ krīḍanti | te caite meṣa-tat-poṣaka-tan-moṣakāyamāṇā ramamāṇā lakṣyante | yatra ca meṣā moṣyamāṇā api na bhāṣante | poṣakāś ca teṣāṃ bahalānāṃ sambhālanāya durbalāyante, moṣakās tu nirghoṣatayā pracchannam evāgacchanti | ayaṃ tu tat-poṣakāyamāṇaḥ śyāma-dhāmā kumāraḥ prabhākara-sahasra-prabhāva-bhāvitatayā nāsmad-vidha-sannidheya-sannidhānas tarkyate | tathāpy asmākam ayam evāvasaro varo nāvaro varaṇīyatām anusarati | atra hi tasya niravadhānasya bahiś-cara-prāṇa-tulāṃ valamānā bālakā vinaivārtiṃ hartavyā bhaveyuḥ | tato vyagrībhūtaḥ so' yam agrīyaś ca vinā vigrahaṃ grahītavyatām ṛcchet, sāmikṛtaṃ tu na svāmine rociṣyate | tad etad vicārayaṃś cora-vad-ācāra-gopa-dāraka-prakāras tadīya-niviḍa-krīḍāyāṃ praviveśa | praviśya ca, niviḍa-kānana-kṛta-praveśatayā poṣakābhiniveśam atikrāmatas tān moṣāyamānān kramaśaś catuḥ-pañcāvaśeṣam apakramayāmāsa | apakramyāpakramya ca giri-guhāyāṃ nigūhayamānaḥ punaḥ punar ayamānaḥ peśaskaritānusārī prastarāstaraṇatas tad-dvāram āvavāra | > “Look, these boys are playing, addressing one another with: ‘Hey, son of a slave-woman! Clan of thieves! One who steals before our very eyes! Beloved of the gods!’ They appear to take delight in acting as sheep, their tenders, and their thieves. Wherein the sheep, even when being stolen, do not speak; the tenders are too weak to guard the many sheep; but the thieves approach in utter silence, concealed. Now this dark-complexioned boy acting as their tender, endowed with the splendor of a thousand suns, cannot be approached near by the likes of us, so it seems. Even so, this is our best opportunity, not inferior, that presents itself for choice. For here, the boys who are like his external life-breaths could be carried off without any struggle while he is unawares. Then, thrown into agitation, this foremost one might be captured without a fight. Yet half-done work will not please my master.” Deliberating thus, assuming the guise of a cowherd boy behaving like a thief, he entered into their dense game. Having entered, taking advantage of their having plunged into the thick forest and straying beyond the attention of the tender, he gradually carried off those playing the stolen sheep, until only four or five remained. Having stolen them away again and again and hidden them in a mountain cave, returning repeatedly like a potter-wasp, he blocked its entrance with an expanse of stones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.71) \[64\] etaj jñātvā nirjarāri-prahārī śiṣṭān kaṣṭantaṃ harantaṃ kumārān vyagrī-bhūtaḥ siṃhavad grāma-siṃhaṃ vidrutyārād agrahīn nyagrahīc ca | svāṅga-vyaṅgāt spaṣṭa-bhūmiṣṭhamānaṃ kṛṣṭā ḍimbhāṃs taṃ tataḥ kṣauṇī-pṛṣṭhe | āpātyātha prāṇa-vartmaṇi rundhan vyagrī-kṛtyālambhya-kalpaṃ cakāra || \[śālinī\] > Realizing this, the slayer of the foes of the gods became agitated, ran swiftly toward that village-lion \[a jackal\], who was tormenting and carrying off the remaining boys, and seized and pinned him down like a true lion. > Having pulled away the boys from that demon who, through the mutation of his limbs, was clearly resting upon the earth, > He threw him onto the surface of the ground; > then, choking his breath-passage and throwing him into agony, He rendered him practically lifeless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.72) \[65\] tad evaṃ saṃhata-saṃhananam apy etaṃ niḥsandhi-bandhanaṃ visṛjya tat-pada-paddhatiṃ saṃsṛjya tad-gupti-dvāram anusasāra | tataś ca, sadyo nirbhidyāpidhānaṃ guhāyās tatrāviśya dyotam āviścakāra | tasyās teṣāṃ cārbhakāṇāṃ samantād ātmālābhād yat tamas taj jahāra || \[śālinī\] > Thus, leaving him behind whose firm-knit body had its joints unbound, \[Kṛṣṇa\] followed the line of his footprints and reached the secret entrance. Then: > At once breaking open the cover of the cave, > He entered within and manifested His radiance; > and all around, He dispelled that darkness of the cave and of those boys, > which had arisen from not attaining Him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.73) yeṣāṃ duḥkhaṃ tad-guhā-garta-rodhe tadvan nāsīd yadvad etad-viyoge | dṛṣṭvākasmād enam ete bakāriṃ prāṇān prāntākarṣaṇenaiva jagmuḥ || \[śālinī\] sarve tasmād utthitā rodanārtās tadvad ārtaṃ kṛṣṇam ahnāya cakruḥ | so' pi kṣmābhṛt tat-pratidhvāna-dambhāt krandann āsīd ity amībhir vyabhāvi || \[śālinī\] > Their distress in being trapped in the cave’s pit > was not such as that in separation from Him; > beholding this foe of Baka all of a sudden, > they regained their life-breaths merely by the drawing near of His presence. > All of them rose up from there, distressed with weeping, > and instantly made Kṛṣṇa equally distressed; > even that mountain, under the pretext of its echo, > seemed to be weeping—so they imagined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.74) tasmāt kṛṣṭās tena taṃ veṣṭayantaḥ śaśvat tasya spṛṣṭito naṣṭa-duḥkhāḥ | dṛṣṭvā dviṣṭa-prāṇam atyanta-bhīṣmaṃ vyomaṃ hṛṣṭā mitra-goṣṭhīm upeyuḥ || \[śālinī\] > Drawn out from there by Him and surrounding Him, > their distress destroyed forever by His touch, > seeing Vyoma, whose life-breath was hated and who was exceedingly terrifying, > they rejoiced and returned to the assembly of friends. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.75) atha parimilitair vicitra-mitrair bhuvi divi deva-gaṇais tadopalambhyaḥ | apahṛti-caritaṃ nija-kramāt taiḥ kathitam asau kalayan vraje viveśa || \[puṣpitāgrā\] > Then, celebrated by the wondrous friends who had assembled > on earth and by the hosts of gods in heaven, > observing the story of their abduction as recounted by them in proper order, > He entered Vraja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.76) \[66\] atra vyomaṃ diṣṭānta-daṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā kusuma-vṛṣṭi-kṛdbhir dānava-dveṣṭṛbhir ayaṃ śrī-kṛṣṇābhiprāyaḥ spaṣṭaṃ parāmṛṣṭaḥ- > Here, seeing Vyoma bitten by death, this intention of Śrī Kṛṣṇa was clearly reflected upon by the haters of the demons as they showered flowers: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.77) krīḍāyām atra corāṇāṃ śvāsa-rodho vidhīyate | vyomas tvaṃ vyomatāṃ prāptas tasmāc cet karavāṇi kim? || \[anuṣṭubh\] > “In this game, suffocating the thieves is ordained. > You are Vyoma \[Sky\], and you have attained skyness \[death\]—what then can I do about it?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.78) \[67\] atha kathakaḥ kathā-samāpanam uvāca, īdṛk kautukavān putras tava gopa-narādhipa | vatsādi-trayam āninye līlayā yas tu pañcatām || \[anuṣṭubh\] > Then the narrator spoke the conclusion of the story: > “Such a playful son is yours, O king of cowherds! > Who in play brought to their death the three demons beginning with the calf.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.79) \[68\] tad evam amī sākṣād iva vyoma-vadham anubhūya bhūyasā sukhena vilasan-mukhena lalitā gṛhāya calitā babhūvuḥ | > \[68\] Thus, having experienced the slaying of Vyoma as if right before their eyes, charmed with radiant faces by their immense delight, they departed for their homes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.10.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10.80) iti śrī-śrī-gopāla-campūm anu vatsāsurādy-utsādanaṃ nāma daśamaṃ pūraṇam ||10|| > Thus ends the tenth chapter, > named "The Destruction of the Demon Vatsa and Others," > in the illustrious Gopālacampū. ||10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.10.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.11.58) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.10) · Pramāṇa