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association with women, but still He taught that there is no better method of worshiping Kṛṣṇa than that conceived by the  gopīs . Thus the  gopīs ’ method of worshiping the Lord, as if impelled by lusty desire, was praised very highly even by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This very fact means that although the attraction of the  gopīs  for Kṛṣṇa appears to be lusty, it is not in the least bit material. Unless one is fully situated in the transcendental position, it is very difficult to understand the relationship of the  gopīs  with Kṛṣṇa. But because it appears to be just like ordinary dealings of young boys and girls, it is sometimes misinterpreted to be like the ordinary sex of this material world. Unfortunately, persons who cannot understand the transcendental nature of the love affairs of the  gopīs  and Kṛṣṇa take it for granted that Kṛṣṇa’s love affairs with the  gopīs  are mundane transactions, and therefore they sometimes indulge in painting licentious pictures in some modernistic style.
On the other hand, the lusty desire of Kubjā is described by learned scholars as being “almost lusty desire.” Kubjā was a hunch-back woman who also wanted Krṣṇa with a great ecstatic love. But her desire for Krṣṇa was almost mundane, and so her love cannot be compared with the love of the  gopīs . Her loving affection for Krṣṇa is called  kāma-prāyā , or almost like the  gopīs'  love for Krṣṇa.