CC Adi 4.163 (1975)

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

Ādi-līlā 4.162 - Ādi-līlā 4.164

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 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).

Ādi-līlā 4.162 - Ādi-līlā 4.164