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# Gopalacampu 1.5.73

Gopālacampū 1.5.73

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.5.73)

ūcuś ca,  
"abhajad iha yad eṣā parvatākāra-varṣmā,  
kṣayam atitanu-mūrtiṃ prāpya bālaṃ tam etam |  
na hi tad ativicitraṃ prekṣyatām eva sākṣād  
vidhur ayam amṛtāṅgaḥ pūtaneyaṃ viṣāṅgī || \[mālinī\]  
tathā ca,  
"viṣaṃ syād viṣam anyasminn amṛtaṃ tu viṣe viṣam |  
pūtanā-kṛṣṇa-saṅgharṣe dṛśyatām etad eva hi || \[anuṣṭubh\]

> And they said:  
> "That she, possessing a body like a mountain, met destruction here / upon reaching this child of exceedingly small form— / this is indeed not very wondrous; see it directly: / he is the moon whose limbs are nectar; she is Pūtanā whose limbs are poison. ||20  
> And likewise:  
> "Poison is adverse to another, but to poison, nectar is poison; / let this very truth be seen in the clash between Pūtanā and Kṛṣṇa." ||21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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