Gopalacampu 1.11.19

1.11.19

mitho' pi snigdha-bhāvānāṃ kṛṣṇa-kautuka-dattaye |
āhopuruṣikā teṣām āloki spardhanām iva || [anuṣṭubh]
jagur eke veṇunā tat-pracchādana-parāḥ pare |
vādayanto viṣāṇāni hāsayāmāsur acyutam || [anuṣṭubh]
vyañjayantas tatra kecit pūrveṣāṃ grāmya-rītitām |
tān nivārya svayaṃ bhṛṅgair jagus tadvat pikaiḥ pare || [anuṣṭubh]
gopālānāṃ javaḥ ślāghyo gānādyaṃ bhikṣutā-param |
itthaṃ kecid vyañjayantaḥ pakṣi-cchāyena dudruvuḥ || [anuṣṭubh]
ke' pi sarvānukartṛtva-sva-guṇādhikya-sūcakāḥ |
haṃsa-kahva-mayūrāṇāṃ goṣṭhī-madhyaṃ prapedire || [anuṣṭubh]
kecid vāṃśa-naṭīṃ vidyām ātmano vyañjituṃ mudā |
viḍambitaiḥ kīśa-ḍimbaiḥ saha śākhāsu babhramuḥ || [anuṣṭubh]
tatra sarva-kaniṣṭhās tu sva-niṣṭhā-mātra-tat-parāḥ |
sākaṃ bhekair vilaṅghantaḥ saritaḥ srava-samplutāḥ || [anuṣṭubh]
vihasantaḥ praticchāyāṃ śapantaś ca pratisvanān | [BhP 10.12 |10]
hasantaḥ kṛṣṇa-santoṣaṃ lasantaḥ santataṃ daduḥ || [anuṣṭubh]
kartuṃ pratidhvanau śāpaṃ pratibimbe viḍambanam |
nudan bālān mudaṃ lebhe pratiśāpādito hariḥ || [anuṣṭubh]

Though affectionate toward one another, their proud emulation was seen as if in rivalry to bring amusement to Kṛṣṇa. // Some sang on the flute, while others, intent on drowning that out, / blew on horn pipes and made Acyuta laugh. // Some, displaying the rustic manner of the elders, / restrained them and sang like bees, while others sang like cuckoos. // 'Fleetness is commendable for cowherds; singing and the like are fit for beggars'— / thus indicating, some ran imitating the shadows of birds. // Some, displaying their own superior skill in imitating everything, / entered into the midst of flocks of swans, curlews, and peacocks. // Some, gladly displaying their own acrobatic skill on bamboo canes, / roamed among the branches along with monkeys' young who were mocked [by them]. // But the youngest of all, devoted only to their own natural disposition, / leaped along with the frogs across the flooded streams. // Laughing at their reflections, cursing their echoes, / laughing and sporting, they constantly brought delight to Kṛṣṇa. // Urging on the boys to curse the echo and mock their reflection, / Hari, receiving counter-curses and the like, experienced great joy.