# Cc. Ādi 14.68 ## Text > prabhu tāṅra pūjā pāñā hāsite lāgilā > śloka paḍi' tāṅra bhāva aṅgīkāra kailā ## Synonyms *prabhu*—the Lord; *tāṅra*—her; *pūjā*—worship; *pāñā*—receiving; *hāsite*—to smile; *lāgilā*—began; *śloka* *paḍi'*—reciting one verse; *tāṅra*—her; *bhāva*—emotion; *aṅgīkāra* *kailā*—accepted. ## Translation **Being worshiped by Lakṣmī, the Lord began to smile. He recited a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and thus accepted the emotion she expressed.** ## Purport The verse quoted in this connection is the twenty-fifth verse of the Twenty-second Chapter, Tenth Canto, of *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.* The *gopīs* worshiped the goddess Durgā, or Kātyāyanī, but their inner desire was to get Lord Kṛṣṇa as their husband. Kṛṣṇa, as Paramātmā, could realize the ardent desire of the *gopīs,* and therefore He enjoyed the pastime of *vastra-haraṇa.* When the *gopīs* went to bathe in the river Yamunā, they left their garments on the land and dipped into the water completely naked. Taking this opportunity, Kṛṣṇa stole all their garments and sat down in the top of a tree with them, desiring to see the girls naked just to become their husband. The *gopīs* desired to have Kṛṣṇa as their husband, and since it is only before her husband that a woman can be naked, to fulfill their desire Lord Kṛṣṇa accepted their prayers by this pastime of stealing their garments. When the *gopīs* received their garments back from Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa recited this verse.