[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) › 1.3.16 # Gopalacampu 1.3.16 Gopālacampū 1.3.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.3.16) kiṃ ca- candro' yaṃ śyāma eṣa prthama-jaladharaḥ kāntibhir viśva-dīpaḥ śobhante vidyutas tā iha sapadi jahatyātma-sattām amūs tu | nakṣatrāṇīha līnāny api bata kumate no nabhaḥ sā sabhāsāv ity anyonyaṃ vinodād vivadanam udabhūt tatra śaśvat kavīnām || > Moreover: > "This moon is dark, this is a cloud laden with water, illuminating the world with its splendor; > here the flashes of lightning look beautiful; yet those \[real lightnings\] at once lose their existence! > The stars are hidden here—oh, foolish one, this is not the sky, it is an assembly!"— > thus an endless, playful dispute arose among the poets there. || > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.3.15) - [Next: 1.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.3.17) - [Up: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.3.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.3.16) · Pramāṇa