[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on Kṛṣṇa and the Bhāgavata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna) › [Gopalacampu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu) › 1.4.31 # Gopalacampu 1.4.31 Gopālacampū 1.4.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.4.31) \[18\] tad evaṃ jāta-karma-śarmaṇi nirvṛtte bāla-nābhi-nāle ca prāpta-cchedana-kāle vṛtte paramānanda-sandohenānavahita-prāyā yā saiva tadaiva tad-avadhātrī dhātrī sapulaka-kāyā citram idam iti dvi-tri-vāram idam niveditavatī-rājan ! itaratra nābhi-sarasi nālam eva lakṣyate, na tu nālīkam | atra punar nālīkam eva na tu nālam iti | > \[18\] Thus, when the blessed birth-rite had been concluded, and when the appointed time for severing the boy’s umbilical cord had arrived, the nurse, who had been observing him and was almost inattentive owing to a flood of supreme bliss, her body thrilled with horripilation, announced two or three times, “This is a wonder! O King, elsewhere on the lake of the navel only a stalk is seen, and not a lotus; but here, there is only a lotus and no stalk!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.4.30) - [Next: 1.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.4.32) - [Up: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.4.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.4.31) · Pramāṇa