Gopalacampu 1.11.9

1.11.9

[7] atha varṇyamāṇaṃ tad ākarṇya sa ca kamala-savarṇatā-vilasad-ākarṇa-locanaḥ pratipanna-krīḍā-rocanaḥ sakhīn uvāca-bhavatu | bhavanta eva sva-sva-bhavanād vihaṅgikāyāṃ kācam āyojya bhojya-bhakta-bhakta-niyojyajanaṃ prayojya tat tad upayojyam ānāyya vanāya gamanāya tvarayantu | asmaj-jananī ca bhavyānāṃ bhājana-bhṛta-bhojana-dravyāṇāṃ drutam eva sajjana-vargeṇāsmabhyaṃ visarjanam arjayiṣyati iti nijehite tathā vihite, hitepsu-bālaka-samudāya-mudām udāra-ceṣṭaḥ puraskṛta-vatsa-cayeṣṭaḥ kānanaṃ praviṣṭavān | yatra ca vatsa-pāla-bālakāḥ pratighasraṃ sahasraśa eva tena miśratayā viśrūyante | teṣāṃ vatsāś cāyuta-prayuta-niyutādi-saṅkhyā-yutā varṇyante | kṛṣṇa-vatsānāṃ saṅkhyā punar asaṅkhya-sañjñā saṅgīyate | tataś ca-

[7] Hearing that which was being related, his lotus-like eyes blossoming as far as his ears, fond of the undertaken sport, he said to his friends: "So be it! You yourselves, each from your own house, having fastened a sling to your shoulder-pole, employing your servants who carry the eatables and rice, having the appropriate provisions brought, hasten to depart for the forest! Our mother also will quickly dispatch excellent foodstuffs placed in containers through the company of good people." When this was done in accordance with his desire, he whose generous conduct brought joy to the host of boys seeking what was dear to them, and who cherished the herds of calves placed in front, entered the forest. There, cowherd boys in their thousands are renowned to be mingling with him every single day. Their calves are described as numbering in tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, and more. But the count of Kṛṣṇa's calves is praised as beyond counting. And then: