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# Gopalacampu 1.8.41

Gopālacampū 1.8.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.8.41)

tokaṃ dhartuṃ sā samīpe' pi śīghraṃ  
dhāvantī tat prāpa dhāvan na mātā |  
prāgañcantaṃ vāyu-vegāt pratīcī  
stokāmbhodaṃ yadvad ambhoda-vīthī || \[śālinī\]

> Though she ran fast and was near, the mother  
> did not catch the child as he ran,  
> just as a bank of western clouds does not reach  
> a small cloud moving east before the speed of the wind. ||  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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