Text
premaiva gopa-rāmānāṁ
kāma ity agamat prathām
ity uddhavādayo ‘py etaṁ
vāñchanti bhagavat-priyāḥ
Synonyms
prema—love; eva—only; gopa-ramanam—of the women of Vraja; kamah—lust; iti—as; agamat—went to; prathām—fame; iti—thus; uddhava-ādayaḥ—headed by Śrī Uddhava; api—even; etam—this; vāñchanti—desire; bhagavat-priyah—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 Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.285). ¶