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224 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
premaiva gopa-ramaQarh
kama ity agamat pratham
ity uddhavadayo 'py etarh ·
vafichanti bhagavat-priyab
SYNONYMS
[Madhya-lila, Ch. 8
prema-love of Godhead; eva-certainly; gopa-ramaQam-of all the gopis;
kamab-lust; iti-thus; agamat-became current; pratham-the process; iti­
thus; uddhava-adayab-all devotees, headed by Uddhava; api-certainly;
etam-this type of behavior; vafichanti-desire; bhagavat�priyab-those who are
very, very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
"The dealings of the gopis with Kr�r;�a 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-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.285).
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