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# Gopalacampu 1.18.40

Gopālacampū 1.18.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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