Gopalacampu 1.26.5

1.26.5

[2] tataḥ sarvānanda-varṣe harer navame varṣe parutnād apy adhikatayā yatnād aiṣamastye sāmastyena kṛta-vistāre giri-yajña-sāre nirvṛtte māsa-katipaye ca vṛtte vilakṣaṇa-lakṣaṇā śiva-kṣaṇadātipracuraṃ jana-samājam ājahāra | kintu prāyaśo yaśodhanādikām anayā sāmānādhikaraṇyād ambikāraṇyāya samam ambikā-pati-pūjanārthaṃ janā varṣaṃ varṣaṃ prati saharṣaṃ gacchanti | yacchanti ca vividhāni dhanāni kimuta tasyāṃ yogaviśeṣād asamāyāṃ samāyām | yatra kutūhalāvakalanādi-līlā-kallolinī-kallola-lola-śrī-gopāla-cālita-cittā gopālāḥ | kiṃ bahunā, gopāla-kṣiti-pāla-caraṇāś ca tad-yātrā-spṛhā-pātratām avāpuḥ |

[2] Then, during Hari's ninth year, which showered all happiness—a year in which, with even greater effort than the previous year, the supreme Giri-yajña had been performed comprehensively and with great expansion—when a few months had passed, the night of Śiva, marked by exceptional auspices, gathered a very vast multitude of people. But mostly people go every year with joy to Ambikāraṇya, together with Yaśodā and others, to worship the consort of Ambikā, because of the common celebration; and they offer various kinds of wealth, not to mention in that year which was unequaled due to a special conjunction. There, the cowherds had their hearts captivated by Śrī Gopāla, who was sporting among the waves of the river of playful curiosity and observation. What more need be said? Even the feet of the protector of the cowherds and king became the receptacles of the desire for that journey.