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Gopalacampu 1.26.9

Gopālacampū 1.26.9

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1.26.9

tataś ca-
na paraṃ cākṣuṣam āsīt tad-vraja-jana-calanaṃ vidūrataḥ kintu | śakaṭa-ghaṭāṭananād vādād apy andha-vedyaṃ ca ||surāṇāṃ nṝṇāṃ ca pratipada-bahūbhāva-mayatāṃ
sa-vādyair gītādyaiḥ saha kusuma-varṣair jaya-ravaiḥ | mukundālokāya prathita-pathikālī-śavalanaiḥ
samantāt saṅghaṭṭair abhiyayur amī āmbika-vanam ||tatra ca-
bhrātrā satrā haris tatrāruhya kambali-vāhyakam | vicitra-mitra-gantrīṇāṃ vṛtaṃ pṛtanayāyayau ||kadācid unnataṃ tatra śakaṭaṃ ghaṭayan pṛthak | abhīṣṭaṃ draṣṭum utkaṇṭhī sa sma suṣṭhu pratiṣṭhate || sakhi-bala-balavān vihāra-caryāṃ
pathi vidadhat-kutukaṃ ca lokamānaḥ | muhur upacaritaḥ svayaṃ jananyā
bakaripur āmbika-kānanaṃ viveśa || tatra ca-
jaṅghālās te lakṣaśo loka-saṅghās
tīrthaṃ yātāḥ kṛṣṇam āpuś ca daivāt | tṛṣṇā-dīnāḥ pāthasas tat-prayātāḥ
saudhīṃ yadvad vṛṣṭim ante labhante || [6] tasminn idam adbhutam udbhūtam abhūt-

And then:

That procession of the people of Vraja was not only visible from afar, but
also perceptible even to the blind, because of the clatter and sounds of the moving wagons. ||2

Increasing with every step among gods and men,
accompanied by musical instruments, songs, showers of flowers, and shouts of victory,
variegated by lines of celebrated travelers coming to catch sight of Mukunda,
with dense throngs from every direction, they arrived at Ambikā-vana. ||3

And there:

Mounting a bullock-drawn carriage with His brother,
Hari went along, surrounded by a host of colorful wagons of His friends. ||4

Occasionally bringing His tall cart alongside separately,
eager to see what He desired, He stood firmly. ||5

Strong with the strength of His companions, enjoying pastimes on the way,
watching the spectacles, repeatedly attended to by His own mother,
the enemy of Baka entered the forest of Ambikā. ||6

And there:

Those swift-footed hosts of people, numbering in the hundreds of thousands,
who had gone to the sacred place, attained Kṛṣṇa by fortune,
just as those who are miserable with thirst and setting out for water
in the end receive a shower of nectar. ||7

[6] There, this wonder occurred:

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