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walking about for a moment, and who is talking aloud for a moment and who is [standing] with the mouth closed as through vanity.
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8. That ocean in the form of Acyuta, who was adorned with circles of foam in the form of strings of pearls that were heaving and clashing as he was happily strolling with hurried steps, rises up to receive him (i. e., Akrūra) who was like a river flowing towards him.
9. Taking him by the lotus-like hand, the son of Devaki (i. e., Kṛṣpa) leads him home, inquires about his health, offers him dainty meals, and further speaks something [thus] :
10. "O Akrūra, looking at you (who are) an affectionate relative (of mine), my mind has become bloomed [with joy ]. Ah! is this surprising that the Kairava-lotus immediately blooms when the moon has arisen?"
11. [Akrura addresses Krsna:] "I think, strong as you are, you live somehow with (your) splendour eclipsed, in fact, by the outshining lustre of the king of Bhojas (i. e., Kamsa) like lamps by day (with their light eclipsed by the outshining lustre) of the sun."
12. [Krsna says: :] Inasmuch as those parents of ours are undergoing imprisonment, though [we] the two sons are safe [here], people are saying: 'Surely, to have no son is better than having a bad one'."
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13. "How can we abandon even these [foster-] parents who nourish our bodies and who are affectionate like our mother and father? Will not great men detest those that follow the way of the cuckoo in this world?"
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14. "Or there is no need of too much talk. what is the occasion for [your] arrival?" Madhava (i. e., Krsna) stops, for pious men talk in measured words.
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