Gopalacampu 1.19.7

1.19.7

snigdha-śyāma-rucy api krud-aruṇa-dyotād adṛśyaṃ vapur
dhvānta-dhvāṃsy api tīvratā-śavalanād dṛg-rodhanaṃ dṛg-dvayam |
kaumalyādi-guṇāpi roṣa-rabhasād ugrā tathā tasya gīḥ
kalpāntābhra-taḍid-dhvani-bhrama-dharān vismāpayante sma tān ||[śārdūlavikrīḍita]
[15] tataś ca-bilaṃ valamānaḥ sa khalu jambukaḥ kva nu vartate? iti jalpa-kalanayā tasminn avajñā-vardhanasya śrīman-nanda-kula-samardhanasya bhṛśam ardidhiṣati dṛśam ardidiṣati ca tejasi bahula-kolāhala-pravāham avalambamānaḥ sva-gala-valayita-celatayā kṣmāmelita-bhālaḥ sarva-jala-pālaḥ śaṅkita-kaliḥ kalitāñjalir vidūra-bhū-gata evākhaṇḍa-daṇḍavat praṇanāma | [16] tasya cedṛśāt kharva-garvatāvalokanāt sarva eva tan-nāthās tathā prathāñcakruḥ | [17] tataś ca taruṇāruṇa-kamala-locanaḥ sarva-rocanaḥ karuṇayā puraḥ-saratām āsādya sadyas taṃ varuṇaṃ papraccha-te tu kutra parama-dharmācaraṇā madīya-pitṛ-caraṇāḥ? iti | [18] varuṇas tu galita-dhairya-sañjanaḥ sāñjalitayā sāntvaṃ vaco vyānañja-puruṣottama! yatra khalu tatra-bhavāṃs, tatra
param asāv asamaḥ parama-mahān sambhavati, nānyatra | kintu teṣām eṣāṃ kiṅkarāṇāṃ kiṃ karavāṇi śāsanam ātmanaś ceti tad anuśāsanam āśāse |
[19] kṛṣṇaḥ sa-śānta-svāntam āha-varākāṇām eṣāṃ daṇḍaḥ kevalaṃ daṇḍayituṃ pauruṣaṃ khaṇḍayati | avilamba-sparśam eva tu darśayatāt tāta-caraṇa-sarojātam | [20] atha yathādiśanti dīrṇa-dīnādīnavās tatra-bhavantaḥ iti | [21] vāri-rājaḥ śrī-vraja-rāja-virājamāna-sadana-paryantaṃ panthānaṃ tac-caraṇa-mūlataḥ parama-dukūlānukūlaṃ cakāra, tatra nināya ca gopa-kula-nāyaka-kula-nāyakam | uvāca ca-govinda nīyatām eṣa pitā te pitṛ-vatsala [BhP 10.28.9] iti | [22] idam ahaṃ jānāmy eva, tat katham anyathā carāmi? kathaṃ vā parād asya parābhavaḥ syāt? iti bhāvaḥ | [23] tad evaṃ varuṇasya pāśād yad bhaya-pātrāyamāṇatvam, tasmād api sva-prabhāveṇa mocakasya tasya-

Although His body had a charming, dark splendor, from the reddish flash of His anger it became unseeable;
though His pair of eyes dispelled darkness, by being variegated with fierce intensity they checked all sight;
and though His voice possessed tenderness and other virtues, out of the impetuosity of His rage it was so harsh
that it struck with bewilderment those who mistook it for the roar of lightning within the clouds of cosmic dissolution. //

[15] And then, with the uttering of the words, "Where on earth is that jackal who keeps rolling around in his hole?", while His splendor, which deepened the dishonor [of the arrogant] and exalted the family of the glorious Nanda, exceedingly wished to inflict pain and cause torment upon the sight, the protector of all the waters—maintaining a flow of loud outcries, wrapping a cloth around his neck, pressing his forehead to the ground, dreading strife, and joining his palms—bowed down like a whole rod even while still far off on the ground. [16] And seeing this humble state of his humbled pride, all his attendants did the same. [17] Then He whose eyes were like fresh red lotuses, pleasing to everyone, approached out of compassion and at once asked that Varuṇa: "Where is the venerable foot of my father, who practices the supreme virtue?" [18] But Varuṇa, his composure vanished, with folded hands revealed a pacifying utterance: "O Supreme Person! Surely where Your Lordship is, there alone that peerless, supremely great one can be, and nowhere else. But what punishment shall I mete out to these servants, and what for myself? In this matter I pray for Your instruction." [19] Kṛṣṇa, with a tranquil heart, said: "Punishing these wretches only diminishes the manhood of the punisher. Rather, quickly show the lotus feet of my revered father without delay." [20] Then [Varuṇa said]: "As Your Lordship, who relieves the poor and afflicted, commands." [21] The king of the waters made the path all the way to the palace where the glorious king of Vraja sat exceedingly suitable with fine cloth from the base of His feet, led the chieftain of the line of cowherd chiefs there, and said: "O Govinda, take this father of Yours, who is devoted to his son." [22] The meaning is: "I certainly know this; how then could I act otherwise? Or how could he suffer defeat from another?" [23] Thus, of Him who by His own majesty delivered him even from being a vessel of fear of the noose of Varuṇa—