### CC Adi 4.162

> গোপীগণের প্রেমের ‘রূঢ়ভাব’ নাম ।\
> বিশুদ্ধ নির্মল প্রেম, কভু নহে কাম ॥১৬২॥

> gopī-gaṇera premera 'rūḍha-bhāva' nāma\
> viśuddha nirmala prema, kabhu nahe kāma

*gopī-gaṇera*—of the *gopīs*; *premera*—of the love; *rūḍha-bhāva*—*rūḍha-bhāva*; *nāma*—named; *viśuddha*—pure; *nirmala*—spotless; *prema*—love; *kabhu*—at anytime; *nahe*—is not; *kāma*—lust.

**The love of the gopīs is called rūḍha-bhāva. It is pure and spotless. It is not at any time lust.**

As already explained, the position of the *gopīs* in their loving dealings with Kṛṣṇa is transcendental. Their emotion is called *rūḍha-bhāva.* Although it is apparently like mundane sex, one should not confuse it with mundane sexual love, for it is pure and unadulterated love of Godhead.