Gopalacampu 1.5.87

1.5.87

[70] śrī-vrajarājādayas tu dūrataḥ kiñcit kiñcid īkṣitvā mithaḥ-kathayā kathantayā tad etad uccāvaca-vacanaṃ racayāmāsuḥ | tathā hi, [71] "samuḍḍīyamānāmāna-vāyasātāyi-samudāyāvivikta-mahā-ghora-rūpaṃ caṇḍa-raśmi-bhasmīkṛta-santam asāv aśiṣṭa-mahiṣṭha-granthi-santatitayopahasitaṃ jhaṭiti niviḍita-vaḍrībhūtāṭavī-khaṇḍa-maṇḍita-pradeśatayā nirdiṣṭaṃ bhūri-dūratayā bhū-lagnavat pratīyamāno' yaṃ toyada-sambhāra iti sambhāvitaṃ śrī-vasudeva-sūcitotpātocitaṃ kiñcin nicitam idam" iti cintitam | punar, "labdha-pakṣatayotpātam ācarann utpatya patito' yam akharva-parvata-viśeṣa" iti vitarkitam | [72] rākṣasākāra-sākṣāt-kāra-vikalpa-kalpanā-janita-jana-caya-bhaya-hāsa-kautuka-visaṃvāda-nādaṃ kṣaṇato
rākṣasa-tāla-kṣaṇālakṣaṇa-viniścita-vrajāpaciti-pracayaṃ svābhimukham āgatāyā janatāyā mukhān naikabheda-vedana-viccheda-kāraṇāvadhāraṇād avadhārita-vedanaṃ naikaṭya-ghaṭyamāna-vaikaṭyatayā vitrasta-samasta-cittaṃ pari vrajāt patitaṃ pūtanā-pudgalam udbhāvayāmāsuḥ |

Now the glorious king of Vraja and the others, catching sight of something from afar, began talking amongst themselves with varied conjectures. Thus: "Its exceedingly terrible form is indistinguishable from the multitude of crows and other carrion birds flying up [from it] in boundless numbers; reduced to ashes by the scorching sun, it is as if mocked by its long series of rude, massive joints; it has been pointed out as a region suddenly decorated with dense, scattered patches of forest; appearing to touch the earth due to its vast distance, this is suspected to be a mass of rainclouds—surely this is some calamity indicated by the glorious Vasudeva!"—so they thought. Then they conjectured: "Having acquired wings and causing a catastrophe, this is an immense mountain of some kind that flew up and fell!"
From the mouths of the crowd approaching them—whose sounds of dispute arose out of fear, laughter, and curiosity among the folk produced by various notions about the direct sight of a demon's form, and who in an instant concluded that Vraja had been destroyed upon not noticing the giant palm trees now crushed by the demon—they learned the cause of the cessation of their diverse anxieties and understood the pain [she had caused]. Their hearts wholly terrified by the hideous monstrosity becoming visible as they drew near, they perceived the corpse of Pūtanā fallen outside Vraja.