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# Gopalacampu 1.24.8

Gopālacampū 1.24.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.24.8)

\[6\] tad evaṃ sva-kalita-caye valaye vanamālī śobhānicayam upalabhamānaś cintayāmāsa-  
upari yathojjvalam indor valayaṃ pulinaṃ tathā bhuvi ca | kintu kalaṅkas tasmin nirmala-ramaṇī-kulāny atra || \[upagīti\]  
\[7\] tad aho ! cāmīkara-maṇisarākāro' yaṃ ramaṇīya-ramaṇī-valayaḥ prati-yugma-madhyaṃ yadi mahāmara-katāyamāna-nāyaka-sambadhyamānatām ābadhnāti, tadā hṛdyatām āpadyate |

> Thus, while perceiving the mass of splendour in the circle composed by Himself, the wearer of the forest garland thought: \[6\]  
> "Just as the circle of the moon above is bright, so too is the river-bank on earth; / but in that one there is a dark spot, while here are the spotless hosts of lovely women." \[5\]  
> "So, ah! If this charming circle of lovely women, shaped like a necklace of gold and gems, forms a connection with a hero behaving like a great emerald in between each pair, then it will attain full delightfulness!" \[7\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.24.8) — English, machine translation

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