Gopalacampu 1.11.40

1.11.40

[29] tad evaṃ paramotsva-rateṣu teṣu vatsāḥ kaccha-deśād anaccha-tārṇa-pradeśaṃ praviśya pracchannā babhūvuḥ | [30] pracchanneṣu ca teṣu vicchinna-bhojana-ratīr mitra-tatīḥ svasthayan tad-avastha eva svayaṃ nīrandhra-vanāvanīdhra-madhyam adhyāsitān avīdhra-durga-mārgān vicitya kṛtakṛtyatā-rāhityaṃ pratītya ca nivṛtya tatra ca mitra-vargān aparicitya vaicittya-vaśād ubhayān api sabhayān matvā vicikitsan vicikāya | kāya-kleśataḥ keśavaḥ so' yaṃ kintayā cintayāmāsa ca,
aho, mātṝṇāṃ yac chiśu-kulam asubhyo' pi dayitaṃ
sthitiṃ vatsatvena prasajati tathā vatsapatayā |
tad etan mat-prāṇa-pratikṛti-śarīraṃ kva nu gataṃ
yad arthaṃ duṣṭāher jaṭharam aviśaṃ hā viṣamayam || [śikhariṇī]

[29] Thus, while they were delighting in the great festival, the calves entered an unclear, grassy area from the riverbank and became hidden. [30] When they disappeared, soothing the host of friends whose delight in eating was interrupted, remaining in that very state, he himself searched through the thick mountain forests where untrodden and impassable paths lay; realizing his lack of success, he returned and, not recognizing the groups of friends there, considering both to be frightened under the sway of bewilderment, he reflected and investigated. From bodily exhaustion, that Keśava pondered with anxiety: / / "Alas! That group of children, dearer to their mothers than life itself, / clings to their condition as calves, and they are masters of the calves; / so where has that body, the very image of my own life-breath, gone, / for whose sake, alas, I entered the poison-filled belly of the wicked serpent?"