Gopalacampu 1.29.31

1.29.31

[57] evaṃ samayana-samayānavalokataḥ samayākaraṇāya tad-varṇanāvagāha-rocanāsu karṇajāha-vilocanāsu cetasi racita-tadīya-śocanaḥ śrī-kamala-locanaḥ samāgamya yathā-yatham avitatha-ramya-sukha-dhārayā sarvaṃ sukhākurvann api tāsāṃ viraha-dahana-jvālā-viśeṣāvaśeṣa-santapta-bhaṅgurāpāṅga-pātra-sapatra-kṛtas tad apasāraṇāya muralī-kalī-kalayā go-dhanālaya-govardhanācalayor antarāle tā evānanya-gatitayā saṃkalayya nirvṛtiṃ parikalayya ca vasanta-santata-rāsāya yukti-mukti-viṣayāṃ saṃvalayya tāsām āśāsānānām āśāṃ dadamānaḥ sva-vrajataḥ pragarjad-ariṣṭa-kṛtāriṣṭa-kaṣṭataḥ prakaṭam ākruṣṭaṃ śrutavān | śruta-mātre ca tatra nija-nija-vartmanā tābhiḥ saha sahasā vrajam āvavrāja | tad-anantaraṃ tu vṛttaṃ pūrvam
eva vṛttam asti | tatremāṃ gāthāṃ prathayanti-
gatasya rāsa-vikrīḍām āgatasya vṛṣāsuram | devair na dṛṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇasya sambhramaḥ kim uta śramaḥ || [58] yadā khalu riṣṭaḥ so' yam ariṣṭas tadāpi tad-ariṇā hariṇā nijāviṣṭatā nāpakṛṣtā | vīryasya bahu-vikīryamāṇatām avāptāsya paryāpta-viṣayatāṃ so' yam anāsīdan diti-sūnur āsīditi |
[59] anapakṛṣṭāyāṃ ca tasyāṃ saraṅga-bhūtāgas tat-saṅgamataḥ sāgaska iva pārṣṇi-prahārāl lambhita-vidaratayā vibhāgam āgamitaḥ | ya eva vibhāgas tīrthatāṃ samarthayan nikhila-puruṣārthaṃ pratyavyarthatām āsasāda |

[57] Thus, noting their failure to observe the time of meeting, the lotus-eyed one, feeling sorrow for them in his heart as they longed to dive into the narration of his qualities and had their eyes stretched to their ears, came and pleased everyone as appropriate with an unfailing stream of delightful happiness. Yet, feeling completely wounded by the sharp sidelong glances that remained scorched by the intense flames of separation, in order to dispel it he gathered them—who had no other refuge—between the cowpen and Mount Govardhana by the melody of his flute. Bringing them contentment and preparing the field of union and liberation for the springtime rāsa dance, while satisfying the desires of those yearning maidens, he heard a loud cry of distress arising from the terrible affliction caused by Ariṣṭa, who was bellowing fiercely from his own Vraja. The very moment he heard it, he returned swiftly to Vraja along with them, each along their own path. What took place after that has already been recounted. Regarding that, they proclaim this verse:

When he went to the rāsa sports and when he arrived at the bull-demon,
neither confusion nor, much less, fatigue in Kṛṣṇa was seen by the gods. ||1.31.43

[58] When that Ariṣṭa was indeed slain, Hari, his enemy, still did not withdraw his absorbed intensity. Not reaching the full measure of his prowess, which was abundantly dispersed, that son of Diti met his end.

[59] And when that [absorption] had not been withdrawn, he struck [the earth] with his heel, causing a cleft to appear as if he himself had incurred a fault from contact with the sins of that creature. That very cleft, confirming its status as a sacred tirtha, proved unfailing in bestowing all human goals.