Gopalacampu 1.29.28

1.29.28

[50] yadā hi kvacid amūś camūru-dṛśas tadīya-saundarya-sārāvalokana-kutuki-dṛśaḥ samūha-vyūham ācarya vihāra-caryayā tam upasadya ca parihāsataḥ parataś caraṇa-caryām ācaranti | tadā caturānana-vimohanaḥ sa ca khalu sahacara-sahasra-visrambha-mahakaraḥ sahacaratayā sarvataḥ parvata-nirjharānekī-bhāvenāvarjya sphuṭam arjyamāna-sukhatayā madhye tāsāṃ vāmatā-yujāṃ mohanāya kūla-mud-rujāṃ durdhyāna-kāraṇāṃ durnivāraṇāṃ sarid-varāṃ pravartayati | pravartya ca puruṣa-dvayadvayasīyam iti vyavasīya-mānatayā tasyāṃ nāvyatayā bhāvyāyāṃ bahula-palāśa-dala-mayīṃ mahā-taraṇiṃ saraṇim anu sakhibhir akhila-maṇiḥ praṇīya karṇa-dhārāyamāṇas tābhir ātara-vitara-vistārādi-kātarābhiḥ praṇaya-maya-nayatayā praṇīta-kalahaṃ bahula-vilāsaṃ
niculitālaṅkāra-kalanāya kalayati |
[50] tad api gītaṃ, yathā-
saritaṃ nāvaṃ racayati ca drutamasmākaṃ pathi tasyām | ārohayate pārayituṃ naḥ spṛśati miṣādapi yasyām || [50] tābhir evātra ślokitaṃ, yathā-

[50] Indeed, when somewhere these deer-eyed maidens, their eyes eager to behold the essence of his beauty, formed a gathering and approached him in the course of their stroll, and then out of jest turned their steps elsewhere, [51] then he, the bewilderor of the four-faced Brahmā, who brings about the great festival of confidence among his thousands of companions, as a companion brought down from all sides the manifold mountain streams into one so as to produce manifest delight; and in the midst of those adverse maidens, in order to bewilder them, he set in motion an excellent river that broke the joy of its banks, caused anxious thoughts, and was difficult to check. And having set it in motion, perceiving that it was as deep as two men, so that it was to be traversed by boat, that jewel of all beings, brought by his friends along the path with a great boat made of broad palāśa leaves and acting as a steersman, engaged in a quarrel filled with affection and manifold playful dalliance to produce a treasure of hidden ornaments with those maidens who were frightened by the expanse of the crossing-toll and the like. [52] That too has been sung, as follows:
"Quickly he makes a river and a boat in our path;
in it he makes us embark to take us across, and on that pretext he touches us!" [50] The [gopīs] themselves composed a verse here, as follows: