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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 4.163
premaiva gopa-rāmānāḿ
kāma ity agamat prathām
ity uddhavādayo 'py etaḿ
vāñchanti bhagavat-priyāḥ
SYNONYMS
prema — love; eva — only; gopa-rāmānām — of the women of Vraja; kāmaḥ — lust; iti — as; agamat — went to; prathām — fame; iti — thus; uddhava-ādayaḥ — headed by Śrī Uddhava; api — even; etam — this; vāñchanti — desire; bhagavat-priyāḥ — dear devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
"The pure love of the gopīs has become celebrated by the name 'lust.' The dear devotees of the Lord, headed by Śrī Uddhava, desire to taste that love."
PURPORT
This is a verse from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.285).
Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness