[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) › 1.5.40 # Gopalacampu 1.5.40 Gopālacampū 1.5.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.5.40) āgacchantaḥ sva-gehād abhimukha-militā bāla-vaiśiṣṭhya-pṛcchā- vantas tad-bāla-dṛṣṭyā pramudita-hṛdayair ūcire kaiścid evam | "śobhā sā dṛṣṭi-gamyā na tu para-vacana-śreṇi-gamye"ti harṣāt kuṇṭhat-kaṇṭhair abhāvi prativacasi parais tat tu nāśrāvi cānyaiḥ || \[sragdharā\] ākaiśoraṃ yat pariṣkāra-vastraṃ yāvad dhāryaṃ māsa-māsaṃ sutena | tasmai tāvat tad-vicāreṇa sarvaiḥ prattaṃ pitrā ko' pi koṣo hy anantaḥ || \[śālinī\] > Those who were coming from their homes and met them coming toward them, asking about the child's excellence, / were answered by some whose hearts were overjoyed at seeing that child: / "That beauty can be comprehended by sight, but not by a series of another's words"; / but out of joy their throats were choked in reply, and by others it could not even be heard. > Whatever adorned garments were to be worn month by month / by his son until youth, / all that was given to him after such calculation / by his father as an inexhaustible treasury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.5.39) - [Next: 1.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.5.41) - [Up: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.5.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.5.40) · Pramāṇa