Gopalacampu 1.15.13

1.15.13

aho ! astu tāvan nāmnaiva śriyaṃ dātur asya mahārājasya virājamānatā, pāriṣadānām apy amīṣāṃ mahīmānam upaniṣado' pi varṇayituṃ na śaknuvanti, yenātmānam api vismārya nṛtyam anuvartyāmahe | kim asaṅkīrṇam asmāsu na vitīrṇam amībhir mahā-mahima-caraṇaiḥ, yat khalv atīta-lokena nijālokena nirnimeṣatayā suparvāṇaḥ kriyāmahe? katiśaḥ svayaṃ na pratipālitā vayaṃ, yan nija-cchāyām āpāyya paryāpyāmahe? katarad vā manaḥ-santoṣaṇaṃ poṣaṇaṃ na vihitaṃ yan nija-dṛṣṭi-sudhā-vṛṣṭibhir abhitarpyāmahe | paśyata paśyata, netra-gati-vicitratām amīṣām, yayā khalu nṛtyam upādiśadbhir āmībhir anugṛhyāmahe | tasmān nṛtya-caryā-paricaryā-paryutsukā vayaṃ tad-artham eva yogyam avasaraṃ mṛgyanto vartāmahe |

Ah! Let alone the splendid presence of this great king who bestows beauty by his very name, even the Upaniṣads are not able to describe the greatness of these assembly members, for whose sake, even forgetting ourselves, we pursue the dance! What unmixed [favor] was not bestowed upon us by these whose feet possess great dignity, so that by their glances surpassing the world we are made gods [unwinking]? How many times have we not been protected personally, so that drinking in their shade we are fulfilled? Or what nourishment pleasing the mind was not performed, so that we are satiated by the nectar-showers of their glances? Look, look at the wondrous movement of their eyes, by which indeed, as they instruct the dance, we are favored! Therefore, eager to serve the practice of dancing, seeking a suitable opportunity for that very purpose, we stand [here]."