Gopalacampu 1.34.111

1.34.111

[36] śrī-kṛṣṇa uvāca,- vṛthāsmad dveṣād eva pāpāt teṣām anyathāpattir jātā, parvataś ca labdha-makha-parvatayā śataparva-pāṇer garva-kharvaṇārthaṃ svayam eva tathā jātaḥ | svayaṃ tu vayaṃ yathāvad eva sarvathā vartāmahe | dhanur api purātanatayā purā ghuṇākīrṇam iva jīrṇaṃ vahadbhir dūrād vikīrṇatayā svayam eva dīrṇaṃ sat sparśa-mātrāt viśīrṇaṃ jātam | kuvalayāpīḍaś ca pīḍayituṃ dravann apadravantaṃ mām anāsadya sadyaḥ pṛthivyantar dantāv avagāḍhāv ācaraṃs tāv ākraṣṭuṃ na śaśāka, paraṃ tu praghaṭyamānatayā truṭy-antāv eva ghaṭayan sva-prāṇān api vighaṭayāmāseti | tatra tatra śīghratāghrātālokena lokena punar aham eva tatra kāraṇatayā ghaṭayāmāse | tathā hastipā api tad adhastād dhastim āpannā eva vipannā
iti mānyathā manyathāḥ |

[36] Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: "Their downfall occurred solely out of that sin of vain hatred toward us. And the mountain itself rose up in that manner, having received a festival sacrifice, in order to humble the pride of Indra who holds the thunderbolt. As for ourselves, we always act just as ordinary boys. Even the bow, being ancient and rotten long ago as if eaten by wood-boring insects, was already cracked by those carrying it scattered from afar, and broke into pieces at a mere touch. And Kuvalayāpīḍa, running to crush me, could not catch me as I ran away; plunging both his tusks deeply into the earth at once, he was unable to drag them out; instead, while being forced, his tusks broke at the tips, and he thus severed his own life-breaths. On each of these occasions, people whose gaze was confused by haste simply made me out to be the cause. Likewise, the elephant-keepers fell into disaster when they were crushed beneath that very elephant. Do not think otherwise!"