CC Adi 4.163
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 163
- premaiva gopa-rāmānāṁ
- kāma ity agamat prathām
- ity uddhavādayo ’py etaṁ
- 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).