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# Gopalacampu 1.32.16

Gopālacampū 1.32.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.32.16)

\[15\] varṣa-gaṇanayā paugaṇḍo'py avikalāṅgatayā vāma-bhujaṃ giri-cchatraṃ pari pracaṇḍaṃ daṇḍaṃ cakāra | haṃho! tasya bahala-kutūhalatām api kalaya, yo'yaṃ kudarśanatāṃ prāptam api sudarśanaṃ sudarśanam eva nirmitavān | śaṅkhacūḍa-nāmnaḥ khalv asya mani-cūḍatā na yuktā syād itīva yakṣatayā vittasya yakṣa-vittasya tasya śaṅkha-mātrāvaśeṣatayā cūḍāmaṇim apajahāra,  
ariṣṭaṃ riṣṭaṃ cakāra, keśinaḥ pratyayam ākṛṣya tad-arthena cātmani kṛtārthatāṃ prakṛṣya keśavatāṃ nirdeśayāmāsa |

> \[15\] Though a boy in boyhood by the count of years, by virtue of his unimpaired limbs he made his left arm into a mighty staff for the umbrella of the mountain. Ha! Consider also his boundless cleverness: he made Sudarśana truly fair to behold, even though he had assumed an ugly appearance. Thinking, as it were, that the name Śaṅkhacūḍa should not belong to one whose crest-gem was a jewel, he seized the crest-gem of that Yakṣa renowned for his wealth, leaving him only a conch, ruined Ariṣṭa, drew out Keśin’s confidence, and having attained the fulfillment of his purpose through that act, demonstrated his title of Keśava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.32.16) — English, machine translation

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