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Gopalacampu 1.25.20

Gopālacampū 1.25.20

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Sanskrit

1.25.20

nīca-bhāva-valayī balād vrajann ūrdhvatāṃ nipatatīti niścitam | paśya gopa-sumukhī-mukhātigaḥ puṣkarāt skhalitavān asau vidhuḥ || [rathoddhatā]
kiṃ ca-
ahriyata kuvalaya-mālā-
līlā gopāṅganāpāṅgaiḥ | iti kila dūnita-bandhuḥ
kuvalaya-bandhuḥ papāta hā sindhum || [upagīti]
[20] śrī-vraja-devīnām api-

"One who embraces a base nature, rising to high station by force, surely falls: / see, this moon, having surpassed the face of the fair-faced cowherd girl, has slipped from the sky!"
Furthermore:
"The beauty of the blue-lotus garland / was stolen by the sidelong glances of the cowherd women; / thus distressed for his kinsmen, / the friend of the blue lotuses, alas, fell into the ocean!"
[20] And of the goddesses of Vraja:

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