Gopalacampu 1.31.16

1.31.16

[9] tad evam atibhūmitām ite bhāva-bhūmani tena ca sarvābhyarṇatām iva jāte vṛtta-jāte sva-sva-vadhū-nirodhāya niyukta-pura-janī-janeṣu ca guruṣu tad-uṭṭaṅkanataḥ kṛṣṇas tu tṛṣṇā-lajjābhyāṃ sajjan-manāḥ sva-mānasam anv evaṃ bhāvayāmāsa-[10] hanta kim idam antarā jātam ? kaulīnaṃ khalu kaulīnaṃ janaṃ kau līnam iva karotīti man-manaḥ kañcana vicāram ācāraṃ ca na sañcarati | lokaś ca śokaṃ prayāsyatīti nija-vargyam anu duḥkhaṃ pāṇi-sargyaṃ svayam evākaravam | tatḥ kiṃ karavāṇi ?

Then, as this abundance of emotion thus reached an extreme degree, and by that all events seemed to have reached everyone's ears, and the elders appointed townswomen to restrain their respective daughters-in-law because of noticing it, Kṛṣṇa, his mind attached to longing and shame, reflected in his own mind thus: 'Alas! What is this that has arisen meanwhile? A scandal indeed puts a person of noble birth into the dust, as it were; therefore, my mind does not follow any ordinary consideration or conduct. And people will fall into grief; thus, concerning my own kin, I myself have caused distress that is bound to happen. So what should I do?'