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TRANSLATION, II
37. When Vanamālin (i. e., Krṛṣṇa), like the sun, is shining, the minds of good people, like day-lotuses, bloom (with joy); while those of wicked people, like night-lilies, are contracted.
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38. Then the son of Devaki (i. e., Krsna), coming with Rāma out of the gymnasium for archery and being gazed at (lit., drunk) by the eyes of young ladies, moves about visibly in the open space of the yard.
39. Coming to the capital of the Bhoja king and looking with gratification at the royal residence, he gradually addresses Rāma in detailed words and in a pleasant manner.
40. Behold the sweetness of our town Mathura which is praised by the world and which drives away the chariot of the sun due to its stumbling against the domes of the series of jewelled palaces.
41. With fingers [ in the form] of fluttering flags on the hands [in the form] of lofty banners raised aloft, this [town], full of pride, browbeats as it were the city of gods which is humiliated by its prosperity.
42. This [town], in which hosts of Apsaras in the form of town-ladies are playng on the open flats on the tops of palaces which possess the beauty of the golden mountain (i. e., Meru) and which (town) stands in the midst of the ocean [in the form ] of the moat, itself assumes the glory of Jambudvipa.
43. The region of the pavement, inlaid with crystal stones and blended with the rays of yellowish blue dwellings, reminds us here now of the streams of Jahnavi (i. e., Ganges) joined by Yamunā.
44. Here in this town], without any apprehension, lovelorn ladies proceed to meet their lovers], even by day, along the streets that are obscured by the splendours, black like darkness, flashing from pleasure-mounts made of black precious stones.
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45. Here, the sky being lit up (lit., besmeared) by the lustre of golden palaces, the Cakravaka-couples in the lakes, mistaking it (i. e., lustre) for the rays of the rising sun, do not get separated even pretty late at night.
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