Gopalacampu 1.23.29

1.23.29

[3] atra cedaṃ gadyam-yat kila kamalataḥ komalatā-yugalaṃ tava caraṇa-yugalaṃ stanāv anu snehataḥ saṃhananāyehamānāś ca vayaṃ tāv atikarkaśāv iti tarkataś ca stambhamānāḥ, śanair eva tayos tad dadhīmahīti vāñchāmaḥ | tad aho, kaṭhina-manastayā duraṭām aṭavīm anughaṭayati tvayi kūrpādibhis tat kiṃ na vyathate? kintu vyathata eva, yatas tad-bhāvanā-juṣāṃ bhavad-ekāyuṣām asmākaṃ manasi tan maṅkṣu saṅkrāmati | tasmāt tad aṭanam evāsmākaṃ hṛt-pīḍā, tal-lālanam eva tac-chamanam iti tal-lālanam eva dehīti bhāvaḥ |

[3] And on this, there is this prose explanation: Your pair of feet is softer than a pair of lotuses; when out of affection we desire to place them upon our breasts, we hesitate, judging that our breasts are exceedingly hard, and we long to place them there only very gently. Alas, then, when you, hard-hearted, wander through the rough forest, does it not pain them on account of sharp gravel and stones? Indeed it certainly pains them, for in us who dwell upon thoughts of that, and whose very lives depend on you alone, that [pain] immediately passes into our minds. Therefore, that wandering of yours is our very heartache, and caressing them is its pacification. Thus, 'Bestow their caressing' is the intended meaning.