Gopalacampu 1.21.29

1.21.29

[16] atha tathāpi manasy abhakti-rasikatā-vaśikatayā tad asat-kṛtya tuṣṇīm-bhuṣṇuṣu teṣv antar-vāṇiṃ-manyeṣu tādṛg-adhanyeṣu punar amī manasi mīmāṃsayāmāsuḥ-[17] nūnam asmān ete mūḍhān matvā gūḍhānubhāsaṇā babhūvus tasmād gaty-antara-racana-niṣiddha-bhāvāya siddhāntataś cāmīṣāṃ suṣṭhu mauna-biddhāntastāṃ kurma iti | [18] atha spaṣṭaṃ punar ūcuḥ-

[16] Then, when those miserable men, fancying themselves learned scholars, despised it under the influence of their taste for non-devotion in their hearts and remained silent, these [cowherd boys] again deliberated in their minds: [17] “Surely they thought us fools and spoke secretly; therefore, to eliminate any doubt that would make them find an alternative way, and to conclude their silence according to proper doctrine, let us thoroughly pierce [their silence].” [18] Then they spoke clearly once more: