[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) › 1.6.44 # Gopalacampu 1.6.44 Gopālacampū 1.6.44 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.6.44) "alam iha kuśalaṃ pṛṣṭvā kuśalaṃ kuśalaṃ bhaved yasmāt | kintu svaka-kuśalārthaṃ kuśalaṃ tatra ca vipṛcchyate sadbhiḥ || \[udgīti\] svāgata-pṛcchā dhārṣṭyaṃ bhavati mahiṣṭhe sadeti gīr-yuktā | tad api surārcām anu sā yadvan nirmīyate tadvat || \[āryā\] kevala-vacasā toṣo vaibhava-sattve na yujyate nunam | kintv idam apūrṇa-viṣayaṃ pūrṇe kiñcin na māty eva || \[āryā\] na sataḥ svārthāpekṣā kintu sadā sā parārthaiva | tasmād viharati tasmin para-para-vijñāpanaṃ sukhadam || \[upagīti\] jyotiḥ-śāstraṃ bhavatā kṛtam atha vede' pi niṣṇātam | tat tat para-sukha-mātrāpekṣaṃ tad idaṃ nivedyaṃ me || \[upagīti\] bālo yo mama jātas tasmād adhikaś ca vāsudevo yaḥ | nija-dṛk-sudhayā taṃ taṃ śīkitum āstāṃ bhavān karuṇaḥ || \[upagīti\] > "Enough of asking after your well-being here, since well-being itself becomes well-being \[from your presence\]; / but for the sake of their own well-being, the virtuous inquire after well-being. || > 'An inquiry after welcome is boldness toward the most exalted'—that saying is true; / yet just as it is made after worshipping the gods, so it is here. || > Contentment by mere words is surely not proper when wealth is present; / but this applies to an incomplete object; in what is complete, nothing at all can fit. || > A virtuous person has no regard for his own purpose, but always only for that of others; / therefore, informing him of one matter after another brings delight while he disports himself. || > The science of astrology was composed by you, and you are proficient in the Veda; / that awaits only the happiness of others, so this is my petition: || > The boy who has been born to me, and the one who is superior to him, the son of Vasudeva— / may you be compassionate to sprinkle each of them with the nectar of your glance!" || > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.6.43) - [Next: 1.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.6.45) - [Up: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.6.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.6.44) · Pramāṇa