[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on Kṛṣṇa and the Bhāgavata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna) › [Gopalacampu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu) › 1.29.9 # Gopalacampu 1.29.9 Gopālacampū 1.29.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.29.9) \[12\] atha covāca, yathā- sapālaiḥ paśubhir manda trāsitaiḥ kim asattama | mayi śāstari duṣṭānāṃ tvad-vidhānāṃ durātmanām ||\[BhP 10.36.7\] iti | punaś ca- piṇḍīśūra vidūraḥ san krūratāṃ tvaṃ kim ṛcchasi | sāmudra-pūra iva māṃ kumbha-jātaṃ prapūrayeti ||\[13\] tad idaṃ ca tasya gāṃ-manyasya jighāṃsayā lokānāṃ gotva-bhramāpagamanayā coktavān iti gamyate | kiṃ ca- āsphoṭanaṃ kṛtam anena tadā yad asmād- āsphoṭanaṃ samabhavad danuja-śrutīnām | ko' yaṃ cakāra sa tu yad vṛsabhas tad uccaiḥ kopaṃ ca varṣa-śiśuvan nahi jāhasīti || kṛṣṇaḥ sakhyuḥ skandha-deśe sva-bāhuṃ nikṣipyāsāv uddhasann eva tasthau | yena krodhaṃ vardhayāmāsa tasya preyo-vargāṇāṃ ca sandeha-sargam || vṛṣas tv asau raja iva puccha-mārjanī- paribhramair ghana-gaṇa-lakṣam utkṣipan | kṣitiṃ kṣatām atha khura-vajra-vijvalat- khanitrakair vidadhad agād dhariṃ prati || sa vajrati sma na param āśu vidravaṃ prati dviṣat-pratirutatī-vratāṃ prati | na kevalaṃ harir iha hā samāyayau sakhāpi yaḥ parikṛta-tad-bhujāṃsakaḥ ||\[14\] tādṛśatayā spaṣṭam aviprakṛṣṭe ca tasmin śrīmān kṛṣṇas tu śṛṅga-dvayam evābhijagrāha, yathā- śṛṅge ye pūrvatāṃ nīte jayāya vṛṣa-rakṣasā | sva-sandānāya te sṛṣṭe kṛṣṇa-doṣṇor vaśaṃ gate || > \[12\] And then he spoke thus: > "O fool, O vile one! Why do you terrify animals and their keepers, > while I am here, the punisher of wicked, evil-minded wretches of your kind?" \[BhP 10.36.7\] > And further: > "O home-grown coward! Being far away, why do you assume cruelty? > Come flood me, like the ocean's surge flooding the jar-born Agastya!" || > \[13\] And it is understood that he said this out of a desire to slay him who deemed himself a bull, and to dispel the people's delusion that he was an ox. Furthermore— > When he clapped his arms, and from that sound > an explosion pierced the ears of the demon, > that bull, wondering "Who made this \[sound\]?", > did not abandon his immense wrath like a one-year-old calf. || > Placing his arm upon his friend's shoulder, > Kṛṣṇa stood there laughing aloud, > whereby he increased the demon's wrath > and raised doubts among his own dear companions. || > That bull, scattering a hundred thousand clouds like dust > with the sweep of his sweeping tail, > and rending the earth with spades blazing like the thunderbolts of his hooves, > rushed toward Hari. || > He was not merely like a thunderbolt in causing flight; > toward his foes, he was vowed to counter-bellowing. > Not only did Hari step forward here—alas!— > but also his friend, who had embraced his shoulder with his arm. || > \[14\] And when, in that state, he was visibly not far away, the glorious Kṛṣṇa seized his two horns, as follows: > The horns which were brought forward by the bull-demon for victory, > created for his own binding, > fell under the control of Kṛṣṇa's two arms. || > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.29.8) - [Next: 1.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.29.10) - [Up: 1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.29.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.29.9) · Pramāṇa