Gopalacampu 1.15.45

1.15.45

[23] athārbhaka-samudayaṃ vibhāga-dvayam ayaṃ vidhāya taṃ ca pralambaṃ sva-bala-parivṛḍhatayā dṛḍhaṃ nidhāya tatra ca sa-matsaram iva bala-pralambau śrīdāmātmānau mithaḥ pratisaṅghaṭṭinau saṅghaṭayya parān api sajūḥ-kurvāṇatayā tathā praghaṭayā parājitānāṃ ca śatāya parikrītānām api vāhakatvaṃ prakaṭayya saṅgarāya kṛta-saṅgaraḥ sa mādhavo vividha-krīḍā-niviḍamanā babhūva | tataś ca-

[23] Then, having divided the gathering of boys into two factions, firmly placing Pralamba as the head of his own team, and there pitting Balarāma and Pralamba against each other and Śrīdāman and Himself against each other as rivals, as if with mutual envy, and similarly grouping the others as companions, and establishing the role of carriers for those defeated, as if bought for a hundred [coins], that Mādhava, having engaged in the contest for sport, became absorbed in mind in various games. And thereupon—