Madhya-līlā

Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 217 of 309
Cc Madhya 8.217

নিজেন্দ্রিযসুখহেতু কামের তাত্পর্য কৃষ্ণসুখতাত্পর্য গোপীভাববর্য

निजेन्द्रियसुखहेतु कामेर तात्पर्य कृष्णसुखतात्पर्य गोपीभाववर्य

nijendriya-sukha-hetu kāmera tātparya kṛṣṇa-sukha-tātparya gopī-bhāva-varya

Synonyms

nija-indriyaof one's own senses; sukhaof the happiness; hetufor the reason; kāmeraof lusty desire; tātparyaintention; kṛṣṇaof Kṛṣṇa; sukhathe happiness; tātparyaintention; gopī-bhāva-varyathe foremost mood of the gopīs..

Translation

"Lusty desires are experienced when one is concerned with his own personal sense gratification. The mood of the gopīs is not like that. Their only desire is to satisfy the senses of Kṛṣṇa.

Verse 217 of 309
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