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Gopalacampu 1.16.27

Gopālacampū 1.16.27

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1.16.27

śarad-udāśaye sādhu-jāta-sat-
sarasijodara-śrī-muṣā dṛśā |
surata-nātha te' śulka-dāsikā
varada nighnato neha kiṃ vadhaḥ? ||[BhP 10.31.2] iti |
yataḥ-
kṛṣṇasyānyatra dṛk-prāntaḥ sadbhiḥ śāstra-phalaṃ smṛtam |
hanta tāsu punaḥ so' yam ebhiḥ śastra-phalaṃ matam || [anuṣṭubh]

‘O lord of love! By your glance, which steals the beauty of the womb of the fine lotus newly born in an autumn lake, when you kill your unpaid handmaidens, O giver of boons, is that not murder in this world?’
For—
Elsewhere, the corner of Kṛṣṇa’s eye is considered by the virtuous to be the fruit of the scriptures;
but for these women, alas, that very glance was considered by them to be the tip of a blade.

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