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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 4.187
gopīkā-darśane kṛṣṇera ye ānanda haya
tāhā haite koṭi-guṇa gopī āsvādaya
SYNONYMS
gopikā-darśane — in seeing the gopīs; kṛṣṇera — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; ye — whatever; ānanda — joy; haya — there is; tāhā haite — than that; koṭi-guṇa — ten million times more; gopī — the gopīs; āsvādaya — taste.
TRANSLATION
The gopīs taste a pleasure ten million times greater than the pleasure Lord Kṛṣṇa derives from seeing them.
PURPORT
The wonderful characteristics of the gopīs are beyond imagination. They have no desire for personal satisfaction, yet when Kṛṣṇa is happy by seeing them, that happiness of Kṛṣṇa makes the gopīs a million times more happy than Kṛṣṇa Himself.
Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness