[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on Kṛṣṇa and the Bhāgavata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna) › [Gopalacampu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu) › 1.27.8 # Gopalacampu 1.27.8 Gopālacampū 1.27.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.27.8) \[8\] atha sakhyāḥ- satyaṃ jarati mad-ālyā vara-yuji gaṇḍe makara-vataṃsāṅkaḥ | na mayā likhitaḥ kutukān na mṛṣā-muṣyāḥ sapatnyā ca ||\[9\] atra mama sakhītvena tasyāś ca sapatnītvena virodha-lakṣaṇā-prāpter mayaiva likhita iti tayā dhvanitam | \[10\] tad-anuvādinā kavinā tu tasya mrṣātvam iti | \[11\] atha vraja eva vighna-nighnatayā proṣita-bhartṛkā varṇyate | \[12\] tatra śrī-kṛṣṇasya bhāvanā- rādhāṃ paśyasi jalpasi spṛśasi ca svātmann athāliṅgasi svasmiṃs tat tad anukriyām api tayārabdhāṃ bhajan nandasi | viśrambhaṃ na hi manyase tadapi ced anyāṃ daśāṃ yāmitas tat-prāptiṃ manuṣe tayā kathaya bho kiṃ te sukhaṃ setsyati || \[12\] śrī-kṛṣṇaṃ prati sakhī-vacanam- > \[8\] Now the speech of the female friend: > 'Truly, old woman! On the cheek of my sakhi, who is united with the best \[beloved\], the mark of the makara-earring / was not drawn by me out of playful curiosity, nor falsely by her rival wife.' // > \[9\] Here, since an apparent contradiction arises from the fact that she is a friend while the other is a rival, the implied sense conveyed by her is: 'It was drawn by me alone.' \[10\] But for the poet who repeats it, the sense is its falsity. > \[11\] Now, she whose husband is abroad is described even while in Vraja due to being obstructed by impediments. \[12\] In that regard, the meditation of the glorious Kṛṣṇa: > 'O my soul, you see Rādhā, speak to her, touch her, and embrace her; / and delighting in that imitation begun by her within yourself, you rejoice. / If you still do not believe in intimacy, and from this go to another state, / and imagine obtaining her through that—tell me, will your happiness be achieved?' // > \[12\] The female friend's words to the glorious Kṛṣṇa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.27.7) - [Next: 1.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.27.9) - [Up: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.27.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.27.8) · Pramāṇa