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# Gopalacampu 1.18.71

Gopālacampū 1.18.71

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.18.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.18.71)

kiṃ ca-  
indraḥ krūra-caritram ācaritavān yat tena cintāgame  
cittaṃ kampam iyarti ced giri kathaṃ cittena tad vyajyatām |  
kṛṣṇas tatra ca yāṃ kṛpāṃ bata tayā cittaṃ dravī-bhūtatām  
āyāti svayam eva ced giri kathaṃ cittena sā vyajyatām? || \[śārdūla\]

> Furthermore:  
> Indra performed a cruel deed; if, when thinking of that comes,  
> the mind undergoes trembling, how can that be expressed in words by the mind?  
> And the compassion which Kṛṣṇa showed there—ah! if by it the mind  
> attains melted softness of its own accord, how can that be expressed in words by the mind?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.18.71) — English, machine translation

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