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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
premaiva gopa-rāmāṇām kāma ity agamat prathām ity uddhavādayo 'py etam vāñchanti bhagavat-priyāḥ
SYNONYMS
premā—love; eva—only; gopa-rāmāṇām—of the women of Vraja; kāmaḥ—lust; iti—as; agamat—went to; prathām—fame; iti—thus; uddhava-ādayaḥ—headed by Śrī Uddhava; api—even; etam—this; vāñchanti—desire; bhagavat-priyāḥ—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  (1.2.285,286).
TEXT 164
কাম, প্রেম,—দোঁহাকার বিভিন্ন লক্ষণ । লোহ আর হেম যৈছে স্বরূপে বিলক্ষণ ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
kāma, prema,—doṅhākāra vibhinna lakṣaṇa lauha āra hema yaiche svarūpe vilakṣaṇa
SYNONYMS
kāma—lust; prema—love; doṅhākāra—of the two; vibhinna—separate; lakṣaṇa—symptoms; lauha—iron; āra—and; hema—gold; yaiche—just as; svarūpe—in nature; vilakṣaṇa—different.
TRANSLATION
Lust and love have different characteristics, just as iron and gold have different natures.
PURPORT
One should try to discriminate between sexual love and pure love, for they belong to different categories, with a gulf of difference between them. They are as different from one another as iron is from gold.
TEXT 165
আত্মেন্ত্রিয়প্রীতি-বাঞ্ছা—তারে বলি ‘কাম’ । কৃষ্ণেন্ত্রিয়প্রীতি-ইচ্ছা ধরে ‘প্রেম’ নাম ॥ ১৬৫ ॥