[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) › 1.7.20 # Gopalacampu 1.7.20 Gopālacampū 1.7.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.7.20) bhujāpīḍanavat tasya bhāraś ca vavṛdhe śiśoḥ | voḍhuṃ tyaktuṃ ca roddhuṃ ca nāśakad dānavādhamaḥ || \[anuṣṭubh\] tadā ca mālya-haratānarhāvasthena cāmunā | sa bhāra-hāratāṃ prāptaḥ sva-prāṇa-haratāṃ gataḥ || \[anuṣṭubh\] yathā, mālya-buddhyāhival loma-paṭala-bhrāntyā tam ṛkṣavat | kṛṣṇo' vaveṣṭad ātmāṅgaṃ vātūlaḥ katham ujjhatu? || \[anuṣṭubh\] yathā ca, tṛṇāvarte ruddha-kaṇṭhe tac-chvāsā ruddhatāṃ gatāḥ | tadaiva ca bahir vātās tat kiṃ tasya ta eva te? || \[anuṣṭubh\] > Like the strangling of his arms, the infant's weight also increased; / the lowest of demons could neither carry, nor release, nor obstruct him. / And then, in a condition unfit to steal a flower garland, / he found his burden stolen away and his own life taken. / As follows: / Thinking of him as a garland like a serpent, mistaking his mass of hair for a bear, / Kṛṣṇa clasped his own limbs around him; how could the whirlwind shake him off? / And likewise: / When Tṛṇāvarta's throat was choked, his breaths became obstructed; / at that very moment the winds outside ceased—were they indeed his very breaths? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.7.19) - [Next: 1.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.7.21) - [Up: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.7.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.7.20) · Pramāṇa