Gopalacampu 1.13.7

1.13.7

[1] tad evaṃ goloka-vilāse śrī-gopāla-pālyamāna-gopālānāṃ nitya-lokaḥ śrī-golokaḥ kathitaḥ | tatra ca śrī-goparāja-sabhāyām apūrva-vīkṣita-kavi-kṣitipati-kumāra-sukumāra-kumāra-yugalāvakalanam udbhāvitam |[2] tad-anantaram api bālya-vilāse tad-yugalena kṛṣṇa-bālya-carita-varṇanaṃ kāliya-dalana-līlāvasānam ācaritam | samprati tu tat prathitaṃ kaiśoracaritam ākhyāyate | [3] tad yathā-

Thus, in the Goloka-vilāsa, Śrī Goloka, the eternal realm of the cowherds protected by Śrī Gopāla, was narrated. And there, in the court of the king of cowherds, the perception of an extraordinary, previously unseen pair of tender young prince-poets was revealed. After that, in the Bālya-vilāsa, the narration of Kṛṣṇa's childhood pastimes, ending with the pastime of subduing Kāliya, was performed by that pair. Now, that celebrated story of his youth is told. It is as follows: