### CC Adi 4.184

> নিজাঙ্গমপি যা গোপ্যো মমেতি সমুপাসতে ।\
> তাভ্যঃ পরং ন মে পার্থ নিগূঢ়প্রেমভাজনম্ ॥১৮৪॥

> nijāṅgam api yā gopyo\
> mameti samupāsate\
> tābhyaḥ paraṁ na me pārtha\
> nigūḍha-prema-bhājanam

*nija-aṅgam*—own body; *api*—although; *yāḥ*—who; *gopyaḥ*—the *gopīs*; *mama*—Mine; *iti*—thus thinking; *samupāsate*—engage in decorating; *tābhyaḥ*—than them; *param*—greater; *na*—not; *me*—for Me; *pārtha*—O Arjuna; *nigūḍha-prema*—of deep love; *bhājanam*—receptacles.

**"O Arjuna, there are no greater receptacles of deep love for Me than the gopīs, who cleanse and decorate their bodies because they consider them Mine."**

This verse is spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the *Ādi Purāṇa.*