CC Madhya 9.135
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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.