Madhya-līlā

Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 216 of 309
Cc Madhya 8.216

প্রেমৈব গোপরামাণাং কাম ইত্যগমত্প্রথাম্ ইত্যুদ্ধবাদযো ঽপ্যেতং বাংছন্তি ভগবত্প্রিযাঃ

प्रेमैव गोपरामाणां काम इत्यगमत्प्रथाम् इत्युद्धवादयो ऽप्येतं वांछन्ति भगवत्प्रियाः

premaiva gopa-rāmāṇāṁ kāma ity agamat prathām ity uddhavādayo 'py etaṁ vāñchanti bhagavat-priyāḥ

Synonyms

premālove of Godhead; evacertainly; gopa-rāmāṇāmof all the gopīs; kāmaḥlust; itithus; agamatbecame current; prathāmthe process; itithus; uddhava-ādayaḥall devotees, headed by Uddhava; apicertainly; etamthis type of behavior; vāñchantidesire; bhagavat-priyāḥthose who are very, very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead..

Translation

"The dealings of the gopīs with Kṛṣṇa are on the platform of pure love of Godhead. However, they are sometimes considered to be lusty. But because such dealings are completely spiritual, all the dearmost devotees of the Lord like Uddhava and others also desire to participate in them.

Purport

This is a quotation from Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.285).

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