Gopalacampu 1.28.41

1.28.41

[24] tad evaṃ parasparam utsāhamānatām asahamānatām apy adhikṛtya kṛta-kṛtyatā-samāhārayor manoharaṇāyābhihāra-vihārayos tayor anīkinī-sahitayoḥ sarva-mahitayoḥ samañjasatām iva saṃjayantī vrajarāja-savayaḥ-purohita-śvaśurāvaraja-dāratayā gantavya-pakṣaṃ narma-śarmaṇā rañjayantī kācid ardha-vṛddhā tat-prema-samṛddhā madhyastha-padavīm adhyāsya pragalbhatayā gatyā vātyāyamānā rādhā-varga-madhyāt tat-pratipakṣasya kṣmādhavaṃ śrīman-mādhavaṃ saṃnihitavatī | saṃnidhāya ca yathā-yathaṃ prathamāna-smitatayā kṛte' bhivādane' bhivadane ca teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ śṛṇvatām abravīt-

[24] In this way, regarding their mutual eagerness and impatience, bringing about fitting harmony between the two armies who had accomplished their ends, who engaged in playful mock-battle to captivate minds, and who were honored by all—a certain middle-aged woman, rich in love for them, delighting the party to be visited with playful pleasantries since she was the wife of the younger brother of the father-in-law of the king of Vraja's peer the priest, assumed the role of an intermediary. Moving boldly like a gust of wind, she approached Śrīman Mādhava, the ruler of the earth, belonging to the opposing camp, from the midst of Rādhā's group. Having approached, with smiles widening on both sides as greetings and pleasantries were exchanged, she spoke while all of them listened: