TEXT 216
premaiva gopa-ramanam
kama ity agamat pratham
ity uddhavadayo 'py etam
vanchanti bhagavat-priyah
SYNONYMS
premalove of Godhead; evacertainly; gopa-ramanamof all the gopis; kamahlust; itithus; agamatbecame current; prathamthe process; itithus; uddhava-adayahall devotees, headed by Uddhava; apicertainly; etamthis type of behavior; vanchantidesire; bhagavat-priyahthose who are very, very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
" 'The dealings of the gopis with Krsna are on the platform of pure love of Godhead, yet they are sometimes considered to be lusty. But because such dealings are completely spiritual, Uddhava and all the other dearmost devotees of the Lord desire to participate in them.'
PURPORT
This is a quotation from the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.285).

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