CC Madhya 9.135

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Madhya-līlā 9.134 - Madhya-līlā 9.136

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 135

gopa-jāti kṛṣṇa, gopī—preyasī tāṅhāra

devī vā anya strī kṛṣṇa nā kare aṅgīkāra

SYNONYMS

gopa-jāti — belonging to the cowherd community; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; gopī — the damsels of Vrajabhūmi, the gopīs; preyasī — dearmost; tāṅhāra — His; devī — the wives of the demigods; vā — or; anya — other; strī — women; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; nā — does not; kare — do; aṅgīkāra — acceptance.

TRANSLATION

“Lord Kṛṣṇa belongs to the cowherd community, and the gopīs are the dearmost lovers of Kṛṣṇa. Although the wives of the denizens of the heavenly planets are most opulent within the material world, neither they nor any other women in the material universe can acquire Kṛṣṇa’s association.

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