CC Madhya 8.217
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 217
- nijendriya-sukha-hetu kāmera tātparya
- kṛṣṇa-sukha-tātparya gopī-bhāva-varya
SYNONYMS
nija-indriya — of one’s own senses; sukha — of the happiness; hetu — for the reason; kāmera — of lusty desire; tātparya — intention; kṛṣṇa — of Kṛṣṇa; sukha — the happiness; tātparya — intention; gopī-bhāva-varya — the 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.