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Gopalacampu 1.18.40

Gopālacampū 1.18.40

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Sanskrit

1.18.40

anyatra candrati hariḥ śakre tarhi sma sūryati |
śakro' pi sūryaty anyasmin khadyotati harau sma saḥ || [anuṣṭubh]
yadā maunaṃ sasajjāsau tadā mūka ivābhavat |
yadā tu stotum ārabdhas tadāgād vāvadūkatām || [anuṣṭubh]
yathāmūṃ stutavān indras tathā vaktuṃ na śakyate |
śrī-vrajendra yataḥ so' yaṃ tvattaḥ saṅkucati sphuṭam || [anuṣṭubh]

Elsewhere Hari acts like the moon, but towards Śakra he then acted like the sun; / Śakra too, while acting like the sun to others, was like a firefly before Hari. / When he maintained silence, then he was like one dumb; / but when he began to praise, then he attained eloquence. / In what manner Indra praised him cannot be told, / O king of Vraja, because he plainly feels shy before you.

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