Gopalacampu 1.25.19

1.25.19

[17] tataś ca parasparaṃ para-parāgamanātaṅkayā maṅkṣu saṅkucita-līlā-vilāsāḥ sa-viśleṣaṃ veṣaṃ saṃśleṣa-valitaṃ vidhāya vallī-gṛha-pallīnāṃ bahir-varti-sanniveśa-veṣaṃ sthalī-viśeṣaṃ kramataḥ krāmanti sma, yatra kṛṣṇasyāpy aikadhyam udbudhyate sma | [18] tathā ca taṃ krāntvā ca dāruṇatā-padāruṇatā-prakāśa-sānnidhyaṃ nidhyāyanti sma | tataḥ-
pūrvasyāṃ diśi kācanāruṇa-ruci-cchāyāvṛṇoc candrikāṃ candro' py āśu tadā patann iva karair ālambatāstācalam | itthaṃ kairaviṇī-kulaṃ kila dara-glāniṃ yayāv ity amūs tad-rāsāṅkita-rātri-śānti-vibudhā mamluś ca kṛṣṇa-priyāḥ || [śārdūla]
[19] tatra khecara-strīṇāṃ vacanam

[17] And then, their playful pastimes suddenly curtailed out of mutual fear of the arrival of others, having made their disarranged garments snug again, they gradually traversed a special clearing resembling the outside area of the villages formed by bower cottages, where Kṛṣṇa’s singular presence was also discerned. [18] And having passed through that, they contemplated the imminent approach of the manifestation of the sun’s red glow, a state of cruelty. Then—
In the eastern quarter, an auburn glow cast its shadow over the moonlight; / the moon too, as if falling swiftly then, grasped the western mountain with its rays. / In this way the cluster of night-blooming lotuses truly suffered a slight fading; / perceiving the end of the night marked by that rāsa, those beloveds of Kṛṣṇa also withered.
[19] There, the speech of the heavenly women: