Gopalacampu 1.8.4

1.8.4

[1] athetaradyur api prabhāta eva sabhām upaviśya vibhāteṣu vaiśyajāteṣu snigdhakaṇṭha uvāca-kadācid dāmodara-māsi darānvavasāne, sāmodā yaśodā prātar bāla-gopālaṃ śayānam unmīlan-nibha-netra-nīla-nalina-yugalaṃ nibhālya śanair eva kara-kiśalayena palyaṅkād upari talpa eva parilālya punar asūṣupat-kalpam | tasmād alpam alpaṃ niṣkrāmantī cālindaṃ vindamānā prāhṇetarām ahnāya nijālaya-vyaya-sambandhi dadhi katipayaṃ nicita-nicaya-granthir manthitum ārebhe | yasminn ahani saha-nandanāmanda-syandanārohiṇī rohiṇī praṇaya-maya-yantraṇayā nimantraṇayā śrīmad-upananda-mandiraṃ vindamānāsīt | parijana-nāryaś ca svasva-kāryātiśaya-paryāya-paryāpaṇāya gatāḥ | kāryātiśayaś cāyaṃ hāyana-śīrṣāyamāṇa-mārgaśīrṣāgame
jana-varga-mahita-mahendra-mahā-mahaḥ kula-paramparā-vihitaḥ sannihita āsīd iti |

Then, on the next day as well, having taken his seat in the assembly at daybreak when the cowherds had gathered, Snigdhakaṇṭha said: Once, toward the end of the month of Dāmodara, delight-filled Yaśodā, seeing in the morning child Gopāla lying down with his pair of blue lotus eyes seeming to open slightly, gently caressed him upon the bed above the couch with her sprout-like hand, and put him back to sleep as if anew. Leaving him very gently and reaching the veranda, having tied up a large bunch of curd, she began at daybreak to churn a certain amount of curd for use in her own home. On that day, Rohiṇī, riding together with her son on a great chariot, had gone to the house of illustrious Upananda upon an invitation born of affection. The maidservants had also gone off to attend to their respective abundant duties. And this abundance of tasks was imminent because of the grand festival for Mahendra, revered by the people, ordained by family tradition, occurring at the arrival of the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, which is the head of the year.