Gopalacampu 1.29.4

1.29.4

[1] atha snigdhakaṇṭhaḥ prabhāta-kathāṃ prathayāmāsa-[2] tad evaṃ pratikṣaṇam eva parama-prema-lakṣaṇa-līlāṃ phullad-ullāsataḥ sa gokula-bandhur daśamaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ saṃvalate sma |
[3] sa tu nṛśaṃsaḥ kaṃsaḥ kramaśaḥ sarveṣu nirmita-nija-garveṣu tarhi nistarhiteṣu vaira-śuddhiṃ prati pratigata-buddhiḥ sarvataḥ śreṣṭhatayā rakṣitāvariṣṭa-keśināv āhūya saṃrabha-māṇatayā sabhayatayā cābhihitavān | mayāvajñayā nātiyogyā eva tatra viniyogyāḥ kṛtāḥ | sa tu dāraka iti buddhyā | kintu sphuṭam asau sarveṣāṃ dāraka eva jātaḥ | tataḥ kausīdya-khidyamānatayā bhavantāv anuyujyete | kim iha yujyata iti |

[1] Then Snigdhakaṇṭha commenced the morning narration: [2] "Thus at every moment, that friend of Gokula, through flourishing joy, spent his tenth year immersed in play marked by supreme love. [3] But the cruel Kaṃsa, as gradually all those who had flaunted their pride were wiped out, with his mind set upon clearing his enmity, summoned Ariṣṭa and Keśin, whom he had kept as the best of all, and spoke with haste and fear: 'Out of disregard, thinking him to be a boy, I sent those who were not very fit. But clearly he has become the tearer of them all! Therefore, tormented by delay, I question you two: what is fitting here?'