Gopalacampu 1.20.242

1.20.242

[157] yataḥ sakṛt tādṛśaṃ sukham upalabhya kṣaṇāt tad-viyuktayā tayā katham iva prathamānaṃ duḥkhaṃ stabhyatām? tat tu sukhaṃ sva-saṃvedyam eva, na tu nivedyam | tathā hi-
tayor yāvasthāsīd vyatimilana-śarma prasajati kaviḥ
ko vā tāṃ syāt kavayitum iha svalpakam api |
yayoḥ kāśmīraṃ tat patitam api pārasparikam apy
aho paulindīnām api tad iva śaśvad vyatanuta || [śikhariṇī]
[158] tad evaṃ yadā hareḥ padāravindaṃ vindamānāni kuṅkuma-paṅkāni kṛta-tad-aṅkāni pulindī-jātālaṅkāratayā jātāni, tadānīm anyāsāṃ dhanyānāṃ pūrvavad pūrvānubhava-racana-pūrvakaṃ vacanam idam, pūrṇāḥ pulindyaḥ ityādi | [BhP 10.21.17]

[157] for having once experienced such happiness, separated from him an instant later, how could her swelling sorrow be checked? That happiness can only be known by oneself, and cannot be described. As it is said: / What condition was theirs, which poured forth the joy of mutual union? / What poet could there be in this world capable of describing even a fraction of it? / Ah, even that saffron falling from both of them onto each other / perpetually accomplished the very same thing for the Pulinda women! || / [158] Thus, when the saffron ointments found on Hari's lotus feet, having marked them, became ornaments for the women of the Pulinda tribe, at that time other blessed women spoke this statement, preceded by a description of previous experience as before: 'Fortunate are the Pulinda women...' and so forth.