Gopalacampu 1.34.60

1.34.60

[2] snigdhakaṇṭha uvāca,- atha rajanir ajani; prajātāyāṃ ca yasyāṃ bahu- śivāyamānā śivā śrī-kṛṣṇaṃ prati śivā jātā, kaṃsaṃ prati sphuṭam aśiveti sthite tasyāṃ rajanyāṃ svapna-jāgarayos tasya mahā-bhaya-jananyāṃ vyatītāyāṃ sa punar dambhī gambhīraṃ malla-līlārambhaṃ sambhṛtavān | tataś cālaṅkṛtānāṃ cālaṅkṛtānāṃ ca śubhra-mañca-prapañcānām adhimadhyam-adhyastaṃ raṅga-sthalaṃ bhrājamāna-citra-viracanaṃ babhrāje | vidyud-bhrājamānād abhra-śarad-abhrāṇāṃ tārakitaṃ nabha iva |

[2] Snigdhakaṇṭha said: Then the night passed. And when that night had fully ended—which, howling with many jackals, had become auspicious toward Śrī Kṛṣṇa and clearly inauspicious toward Kaṃsa; when that night, which had generated great fear in his dreams and waking states, was spent—that arrogant man once more grandly prepared the profound commencement of the wrestling spectacle. Then, the arena situated in the very middle of the multitude of adorned and unadorned white tiers of platforms shone, gleaming with marvelous decorations, like the sky studded with stars amidst autumnal clouds radiant with lightning.