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Śri Caitanya-caritāmṛta
ataeva kāma-preme bahuta antara kāma—andha-tamaḥ, prema—nirmala bhāskara
SYNONYMS
ataeva—therefore; kāma-preme—in lust and love; bahuta—much; antara—space between; kāma—lust; andha-tamaḥ—blind darkness; prema—love; nirmala—pure; bhāskara—sun.
TRANSLATION
Therefore lust and love are quite different. Lust is like dense darkness, but love is like the bright sun.
TEXT 172
অতএব গোপীগণের নাহি কামগজ ।
কৃষ্ণসুখ লাগি মাত্র, কৃষ্ণ সে সম্বজ ॥ ১৭২ ॥
ataeva gopī-gaṇera nāhi kāma-gandha kṛṣṇa-sukha lāgi mātra, kṛṣṇa se sambandha
SYNONYMS
ataeva—therefore; gopī-gaṇera—of the gopīs; nāhi—not; kāma-gandha—the slightest bit of lust; kṛṣṇa-sukha—the happiness of Lord Kṛṣṇa; lāgi—for; mātra—only; kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa; se—that; sambandha—the relationship.
TRANSLATION
Thus there is not the slightest taint of lust in the gopīs' love. Their relationship with Kṛṣṇa is only for the sake of His enjoyment.
TEXT 173
যত্তে স্বজাতচরণাম্বুরুহং শুনেযু
ভীতাঃ শনেঃ প্রিয় দধীমহি কর্কশেযু ।
তেনাটবীমটসি তদ্ব্যথতে ন কিং স্বিং
কূর্পাদিভিভ্র মতি ধীর্ভবদাযুষাং নঃ ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
yat te sujāta-caraṇāmburuham staneṣu bhītāḥ śanaiḥ priya dadhīmahi karkaśeṣu tenāṭavīm aṭasi tad vyathate na kim svit kūrpādibhir bhramati dhīr bhavad-āyuṣām naḥ