Gopalacampu 1.19.14

1.19.14

tatra ca-
svayaṃ dattvā śubhrāsanam iha mahā-gopa-pataye
yathā-yogyaṃ cānyān vidadhad upaviṣṭān atha balaḥ |
upānta-prakrānta-sthitim anujam āpṛcchya paritaḥ
kathām etāṃ śṛṇvan paśupa-kulam aśrāvayad api || [śikhariṇī]
[31] tatrātha datta-svātantryatayā viprān āmantrya paramānnādibhiḥ santarpya tad-abhīpsitāni vīpsayā samarpya, dvādaśyatikrama-bhiyā tat-pravaṇa-dhiyā vratam idam acchidra-pratham astv iti prārthya, gīrbhis tad-āśīrbhis tatra sāmarthyaṃ samartha-kṛtārthaṃ-manyās te dhanyā bahula-kutūhalataḥ sarva eva vrajam āvrajanti sma | [32] yatra vrajādhyakṣaḥ svayam adhvānaṃ vrajan, madhye-suta-dvayam abhrājiṣṭa | [33] atha kathakas tām etāṃ kathāṃ samāpayan śrī-vrajeśvaraṃ praty āha-

And there— / Having personally offered a radiant seat here to the great lord of the cowherds, / and then arranged for the others to be seated appropriately, Bala, / after inquiring all around from his younger brother who had taken a seat close by, / listened to this account and made the herd of cowherds hear it as well. // [31] Then, having been given leave, they invited the brāhmaṇas, satisfied them with milk-rice pudding and other dishes, offered them their desired gifts in full abundance, and, mindful of completing it before the Dvādaśī passed and being intent upon it, prayed, "May this vow be renowned as faultless." Considering themselves capable and fulfilled by their words of blessing, those fortunate cowherds all returned to Vraja with immense delight. [32] There the leader of Vraja, walking along the path himself, shone splendidly between his two sons. [33] Then the narrator, concluding this story, said to the lord of Vraja: