Gopalacampu 1.29.24

1.29.24

[38] tad etac ca vrajarāja-jāyā-samājam anu sādhāraṇa-sampradhāraṇatayā tābhir varṇitam, yathā-
sva-sutaṃ kalayata keli-kalā-budham ātmopakrama-veṇum | vidhi-śiva-mohana-vividha-sva-ramaya-rāga-nivartita-dhenum || iti |
[39] tad-anantaraṃ ca prāyaśaḥ kāścid vraja-devīr vrajād ahni cāpahnuty vyājaṃ vyajya vā tad-āgamana-vartmani tad-anuvartanāya vartamānās taṃ paśyantīḥ punar apaśyantīr iva dūrāt pariharantīr itthaṃ kāścid dūtikāḥ parihasanti-
madāndhe rājate piñchī na sapiñchī puras tava | veṇu-dhvānī jagat-prāṇaḥ sa jagat-prāṇa eṣa neti ||[40] śrī-kṛṣṇaṃ ca chalena vijñāpayanti, yathā-
jyotsnāṃ tanoti lalitāṃ dadhate vicitrāṃ
śākhāṃ dadhāti nikhilaṃ jayatīti-bhāṅgyā | candrāvalīṃ ca lalitāṃ ca viśākhikāṃ ca
rādhāṃ ca tāḥ sakhi-sadasy api sūcayanti ||[41] tatra kāścid deva-pūjā-vvyājena duṣprāpa-puṣpādikam avacinvānā bahala-kalaha-mūlatāṃ prayānti |

[38] And this was described by them as a common deliberation before the assembly of the queen of Vraja, as follows: / Behold your son, skilled in the arts of play, with the flute he himself began to play, who brings back the cows with various charming melodies of his own that enchant Brahmā and Śiva! // [39] And immediately after that, usually some goddesses of Vraja, having slipped away from Vraja during the day under some pretext or with clear intent, stood along the path of his return to follow him; seeing him, yet avoiding him from afar as if not seeing him, certain messengers teased them thus: / Blind with passion, does this peacock-feather shine before you, or does he who wears it? Is this flute-sound the breath of life of the universe, or is he the breath of life of the universe? // [40] And they cleverly hint to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as follows: / By turns of phrase such as ‘she spreads gentle moonlight,’ ‘she holds a wondrous branch,’ and ‘she conquers everything,’ they indicate Candrāvalī, Lalitā, Viśākhikā, and Rādhā even in the assembly of friends. // [41] There, some, gathering rare flowers and the like under the pretext of worshiping the deity, arrive at the cause of a great quarrel.