Gopalacampu 1.9.37

1.9.37

æiha na stheyam' itītthaṃ vraja-hitam uktaṃ bhavadbhir yat |
tat punar atibālānāṃ hita-pradhānaṃ mama sphurati || [upagīti]
sahajani-janite yan mama para-para-yatnena rakṣite' py atra |
jātaṃ viplava-jātaṃ, tasmāt kiṃ syād ihorvaritam? || [āryā]
tat-tad-upadrava-jāte kevala-parameśitū rakṣā |
tasmin bhāraṃ dadyād iti ca na khalu tat-parair iṣṭam || [udgīti]
calatā dvayam anucintyaṃ: tyājyaṃ gamyaṃ ca yad dhāma |
tyājyaṃ duḥkha-nidānaṃ, gamyaṃ sukhitā-nidhānaṃ tu || [upagīti]
sthānaṃ tad apadeyaṃ, yad iha paratra ca ghaṭeta duḥkhāya |
bṛhad-ākhyaṃ vanam anupadam aihika-duḥkhāya sāmprataṃ jātam || [gīti]
sthānaṃ tad upadeyaṃ, yad iha paratra ca ghaṭeta saukhyāya |
vṛndāvanāraṇyaṃ cādaḥ samasta-sukhatamam atīva puṇyaṃ ca || [gīti]
govardhana iti nāmā yatrāraṇye giriḥ sphurati |
tat khalu go-jātīnāṃ gopānāṃ cāsti sarvasvam || [upagīti]
gopāḥ kānana-karadā grāmādīnāṃ viniścayābhāvāt |
tad apara-kānana-gamane rājñāṃ cājñā svataḥ-siddhā || [āryā]
sukhato bhayato vā yat kṛtyaṃ kartavyatāṃ yāti |
śīghraṃ yat khalu kāryaṃ valayati śaṅkām alaṃ vilambas tu || [udgīti]
utthātavyaṃ tasmād asmāt sadyo na kāryam ālasyam |
tulitā hy udyama-kalanā kṛtyaṃ yad yad yadā kriyate || [āryā]
iyam asmākam udīkṣā yuṣmabhyaṃ yadi tu rocamānā syāt |
para-vīkṣite' pi vastuni bahu-sammatir utsavaṃ dugdhe || [āryā]
bhavati tu ced iha bhavatāṃ samarthanā tarhi gāvaḥ prāk |
samyak pāyita-vatsāś carantu vṛndāṭavī-vartma || [upagīti]
paścāt paṭa-gṛha-śakaṭāny aṭantu gṛhyaṃ samastam ādāya |
vidhi-vidhi-siddhā seyaṃ vrajanād vrajatā hi goduhāṃ sadane || [gīti]
tataś ca,
tad vākyaṃ paśupa-samūham ūha-śūnyaṃ
svārthāya svayam anugamya kalpate sma |
sādharmya-spṛśi mṛdi paśya bīja-bhedaḥ
sphītaḥ syāt phalati ca tatra nāparatra || [praharṣiṇī]

"As to what you have said for the good of Vraja, that 'We must not stay here,'
that appears to me to be foremost for the welfare of the little children.
Since a host of disasters has occurred here even when [the child] was protected with constant effort
by the two brothers, what [good] would remain here after that?
In that multitude of calamities, protection came solely from the supreme Lord;
and it is certainly not desirable to those devoted to him to place a burden on him.
One who is moving must consider two things: the place to be abandoned and the place to be reached.
The place to be abandoned is the root of sorrow, while the place to be reached is a treasury of happiness.
A place is to be rejected which results in sorrow in this world and the next;
the forest named Bṛhadvana has now become, at every step, a source of worldly sorrow.
A place is to be accepted which results in happiness in this world and the next;
and that forest of Vṛndāvana is the most delightful of all and exceedingly sacred.
The forest where the mountain named Govardhana shines,
that is indeed the very life of the herds of cows and of the cowherds.
The cowherds pay tax on the forests, since there is no certainty of settled villages and the like;
therefore, when going to another forest, the permission of kings is established of itself.
Whatever duty becomes an obligation, whether out of happiness or out of fear,
that should indeed be done quickly; for delay produces ample doubt.
Therefore we must depart at once from this place; no sluggishness should be indulged in.
For the calculation of exertion is weighed whenever each deed is performed at its proper time.
This is our consideration, if it should be pleasing to you;
for even regarding a matter seen by another, widespread consensus milks celebration.
If, however, your agreement is obtained here, then first let the cows,
having thoroughly suckled their calves, take the path to the Vṛnda forest.
Afterwards, let the tent-laden carts set out, taking all household belongings;
for such is the nature of a cowherd settlement, established by traditional custom, through wandering (vrajanāt) in the house of the cow-milkers."
And then:
That speech, understood on its own for their own benefit,
suited the crowd of cowherds who had no doubts of their own;
behold: into soil that possesses the same nature, a variety of seed
flourishes and bears fruit there, and not elsewhere.