Gopalacampu 1.27.21

1.27.21

mānaṃ kurviti vakti sā priya-sakhī mānaṃ na vedmi sphuṭaṃ
kauṭilyena yadi prasidhyati sa tat kauṭilyam evātra kim | hā tasya smita-kañja-cāru-nayanaṃ śyāmasya man-mānasaṃ
draṣṭuṃ vāñchati hanta kaṣṭam aparāṃ sphūrtiṃ kathaṃ gacchatu || āgas-kṛte' pi tasmai rajyati hṛdayaṃ khalaṃ tad etan me | tyaktuṃ tad api na śakyaṃ katham iva sa hariḥ parityājyaḥ ||tataś ca-
balān mānaṃ śikṣayantīr api tatra sakhī-tatīḥ | rādhayā sārdham ākarṣan jīyād veṇu-kala-svanaḥ ||[38] tasyā mukham avakalayya tat-tad-upamā-jātiyatayā saṃśayya sthitavantaṃ kāntaṃ prati sakhī-vacanam-
tasminn api vidhu-buddhiṃ kartuṃ mā kṛṣṇa sāhasaṃ kārṣīḥ | sarvaṃ jetṛ tad etad bhrū-dhanur anu netra-vāṇam utkṣipati ||tataś ca-

‘Display injured pride!’ says that dear friend, but I clearly do not know pride; / if it is established by crookedness, what is the use of crookedness here? / Alas, my mind longs to see the charming lotus-eyes of that dark youth's smile; / alas, how can it turn to any other manifestation? || Although he committed an offense, this wicked heart of mine feels love for him; / even so, it cannot be abandoned; how could that Hari ever be renounced? || And then:
Drawing along with Rādhā even the groups of confidantes / who were forcibly teaching her pride, may the sweet sound of the flute be victorious! || [38] The confidante's words to her lover, who stood doubting as he looked at her face, comparing it to various objects:
Do not be so bold, O Kṛṣṇa, as to mistake that for the moon! / Following this brow-bow that conquers all, she shoots the arrow of her eyes! || And then: