Gopalacampu 1.28.60

1.28.60

[44] atra ko vā balīyān ato' nya iti kṛṣṇam eva kaṭākṣeṇa paśyantī prāha sma- [45] evaṃ vivadamānayor anayoḥ kṛṣṇas tu tayā prastutaṃ tasyāḥ saundaryam avadhārya kṣaṇaṃ dhīratāṃ saṃdhārya provāca-dūti jātita eva pratīpadarśiny asi | kiṃ bruve | kintu madīya-dūta-nirmitā rāja-nītir iyaṃ na tu bhītiḥ |

[44] Glancing askance at Kṛṣṇa himself with the words, 'Who then could be stronger than she?', she spoke. [45] As the two were thus debating, Kṛṣṇa, having contemplated her beauty as presented by the messenger, maintained his composure for a moment and said: 'O messenger, you are by nature one who sees everything inversely. What more can I say? But this is statecraft devised by my messenger, not fear.'