CC Adi 4.184 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 4: The Confidential Reasons for the Appearance of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Ādi-līlā 4.183 - Ādi-līlā 4.185

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 184

nijāṅgam api yā gopyo

mameti samupāsate

tābhyaḥ paraṁ na me pārtha

nigūḍha-prema-bhājanam

SYNONYMS

nija-aṅgam—own body; api—although; yāḥ—who; gopyaḥ—the gopīs; mama—Mine; iti—thus thinking; samupāsate—engage in decorating; tābhyaḥ—than them; param—greater; na—not; me—for Me; pārtha—O Arjuna; nigūḍha-prema—of deep love; bhājanam—receptacles.

TRANSLATION

“O Arjuna, there are no greater receptacles of deep love for Me than the gopīs, who cleanse and decorate their bodies because they consider them Mine.”

PURPORT

This verse is spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Adi Purāṇa.

Ādi-līlā 4.183 - Ādi-līlā 4.185