Gopalacampu 1.9.77

1.9.77

[61] tīrṇāsu goṣu tathā karṇīrathād avatīrṇāsu parijana-paricchada-sahitāsu gopa-vanitāsu, kāśa-kuśa-śara-vaṃśa-varair alaṅkarmīṇa-nirmita-paraspara-naddha-plava-rājī rāja-paddhatir ivāsambādhatayā sādhitā | [62] tataś ca pārāvārīṇa-bhūmyor ekatāyāṃ kṛtāyām avārīṇam iva pārīṇam madhupurī-kālīya-hradayor antarālaṃ tad vana-bhāgaṃ sarva eva gāyantaḥ prahasantaḥ krīḍantaś ca śakaṭa-ghaṭayāpi praviviśuḥ | tad evam evoktam,

When the cows had crossed over and the cowherd women, along with their attendants and belongings, had disembarked from their palanquins, a line of rafts tied to one another, skillfully constructed from the best of kāśa, kuśa, śara reeds, and bamboo, was prepared without obstruction, like a royal highway. And then, when the near and far banks were made one, everyone entered that section of the forest—situated on the far side as though it were the near side, lying between Madhupurī and the pool of Kālīya—singing, laughing, and playing, even with the array of carts. For thus indeed it was said: