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# Gopalacampu 1.2.67

Gopālacampū 1.2.67

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.2.67)

\[56\] tataś ca tasyāḥ savayasaḥ pravayasaś ca sarvāḥ saṅghaśaḥ sāsram ūcuḥ, "vatsa, nāmnaiva tā mātaraḥ, eṣā tu tava mātaiva, tasmād asyāṃ kathaṃ na vilakṣaṇaṃ pakṣapātam āpātayasi?" sa ca nata-vadanaḥ sāsra-smita-vācam uvāca, "mātaraḥ, kiṃ kurmaḥ? tās tu paśu-jātayo na vivekam ekam api labhante, yato māṃ vinā tṛṇam api na tṛṇvanti |"

> \[56\] And then her companions and elder women spoke all together in tears: "Child, those cows are mothers in name only, whereas this one is your real mother; so why do you not show an extraordinary partiality toward her?" With bowed face and a tearful smile, he said, "Mothers, what can we do? Being animals, they have not a single shred of discernment, since without me they do not even chew grass."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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