Gopalacampu 1.15.57

1.15.57

[27] tad evaṃ pralambālambhana-sambhrame' py anudbhrānta-cittās te śṛṅginī-vittāḥ kuṇapatām itasya pramītasya tasya pitṛ-vana-veśaṃ pradeśa-leśaṃ parityajya yojana-vyajya-vistāra-praśasta-bhāṇḍīra-tala-maṇḍalam evādhiṣṭhāya vihāra-niṣṭhāḥ krīḍāpaṇasya spṛhayāyyā jayāyyā gṛhayāyyās tṛṇalobhāviṣṭa-tayā vṛkṣa-ṣaṇḍād viprakṛṣṭām api yamunācchānaccha-muñjāṭavīṃ praviṣṭānām andhī-bhūtānāṃ pāda-bandhanānām anveṣaṇād viśleṣam ājagmuḥ | tataḥ katham apy avadhānataḥ pranaṣṭa-cittatayā spaṣṭa-kaṣṭa-cittā raṃhasā saṅghaśaḥ sabhayaṃ hvayante sma | [28] nūnaṃ deśādhipati-nideśataḥ sadeśam āgatā eva kecit krūrā gā dūragā vidadhur iti ca dhyāyanti sma |

[27] Thus, their minds unperturbed even in the agitation of Pralamba's slaughter, those who possessed cows as their wealth, abandoning that small spot of the one who had become a corpse and died, which resembled a cremation ground, remained right at the base of the Bhāṇḍīra tree whose renown and expanse extended for a yojana; dedicated to sport, desiring the wager of the game, eager for victory, eager to return home, they separated [from one another] in search of the hoppled cows that, seized by greed for grass, had entered the thick forest of muñja grass near the Yamunā, far from the cluster of trees, and had become lost to sight. Then, their minds distressed because their attentiveness was somehow lost, they called out fearfully in haste and in groups. [28] And they thought: “Surely some cruel men coming to our country under orders from the ruler of the land have driven the cows far away.”