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Gopalacampu 1.3.40

Gopālacampū 1.3.40

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Sanskrit

1.3.40

[23] madhukaṇṭha uvāca-sa ca śrīmān parjanyaḥ saujanya-varyeṇārjitena nijaiśvaryeṇāpi vaiśyāntara-sādhāraṇyam atīyāya, tac ca nāścaryam | yataḥ svāśrita-deśa-pālakatā-mānyatayā vadānyatayā kṣīra-vaibhava-plāvita-sarva-janatā-labdha-prādhānyatayā ca parjanya-sāmānyatām āpa ; yaḥ khalu prahlādaḥ śravasi, dhruvaḥ pratiśruti, pṛthur mahimaṇi, bhīṣmo durhṛdi, śaṅkaraḥ suhṛdi, svayambhūr garimaṇi, haris tejasi babhūva | yasya ca sarvair api kṛta-guṇanena guṇa-gaṇane vaśitāḥ sahasra-saṅkhyābhir apy anavasitā mātāmaha-mahā-vaṃśa-prabhavāḥ sarvathā prabhavante gopāḥ sopādhyāyāḥ svayam eva samāśritā babhūvuḥ | tat-sambandhāni ca vṛndaśaḥ yaṃ khalu śrīmad-ugrasenāgrīya-yadu-saṃsad-agraṇyas te samagra-guṇa-garimaṇy
agragaṇyam avalokayantaḥ sakala-gopa-loka-rāja-rājatā-sambalakena tilakena sambhāvayāmāsuḥ | yasya ca preyasī sakala-guṇa-varīyasī varīyasīnām āsīt | yasya ca śrīmad-upanandādayaḥ pañca-nandanā jagad evānandayāmāsuḥ |

[23] Madhukaṇṭha said: And that glorious Parjanya, even with his own majesty acquired through the best of nobility, surpassed commonality with other Vaiśyas—and that is no wonder. For he attained similarity to Parjanya [a rain-cloud] through being honored as the protector of the region sheltered under him, through his generosity, and through the pre-eminence he attained by overflowing all the people with the wealth of milk; who indeed was a Prahlāda in listening [to scriptures], a Dhruva in steadfast promise, a Pṛthu in greatness, a Bhīṣma to the wicked-hearted, a Śaṅkara to friends, a Svayambhū in majesty, and a Hari in splendour; and whose grand-maternal great lineage gave rise to cowherds along with their preceptors, masterly in enumerating virtues enumerated by all, inexhaustible even in their thousands, who possessed power in every way and took shelter under him of their own accord. Seeing him foremost in the majesty of all virtues, the leaders of the Yadu assembly headed by glorious Ugrasena, who were bound to him in many ways, honored him with a tilaka that constituted the kingship over all cowherd folk. And his beloved wife was the most excellent among excellent women. And his five sons, headed by glorious Upananda, delighted the entire world.

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