Gopalacampu 1.17.32

1.17.32

preṣṭhaḥ kiñcid yad bravīti pratītiṃ
sarveṣāṃ tad yāti nūnaṃ ruciṃ ca |
tac ced aṇv apy arhitaṃ tarhi kiṃ vā
vācyaṃ tasmāt te' py amanyanta tadd hi || [śālinī]
[15] tad etad avadhārya madhukaṇṭhas tv amukta-kaṇṭhaṃ parāmṛśati sma, ced apy ativedaḥ suvicāratā-naśvaraḥ so' yam anīśvara-vādaḥ kṛta-vakra-bhāva-cakra-śakra-parābhava-kautuka-tātparya-mātra-pātratayā tena prayuktaḥ, kintu na pravṛtti-virodhi-pātratayā; tathāpi tatra mitratāticitratayā labdha-nigama-visrabdha-sarva-puruṣārtha-sārtha-śiromaṇi-rūpa-svarūpeṣu teṣu vraja-bhūpeṣu nāyuktaḥ | īśvara-jñāna-gurubhir api tad-bhāvam eva pari sarvopari-purutā-parāmarśāt | yathoktam-

"Whatever the dearest one speaks certainly enters the conviction / and liking of all; / if that is even slightly beneficial, what more need be said? / Therefore they too indeed approved it. / [15] Having understood this, Madhukaṇṭha reflected in a loud voice: Even though this non-theistic doctrine, exceeding the Veda and perishable by sound inquiry, was employed by Him merely as a vessel for the sport of overcoming Indra whose wheel of malice was turned, and not as an object opposed to righteous conduct; nevertheless, it was not improper in relation to those kings of Vraja, whose essential nature was the crest-jewel of the entire multitude of human goals, entrusted to the Vedic path through the extraordinary wonder of their friendship [with Kṛṣṇa]. For even those venerable for their knowledge of the Lord consider that very state [of friendship] as superior to all. As it has been said: