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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TRANSLATION
[The gopīs think:] “I have offered this body to Lord Kṛṣṇa. He is its owner, and it brings Him enjoyment.
TEXT 183
এদেহ-দর্শন-স্পর্শে কৃষ্ণ-সন্তোষণ’।
এই লাগি’ করে দেহের মার্জন-ভূষণ ॥ ১৮৩ ॥
e-deha-darśana-sparśe kṛṣṇa-santoṣaṇa' ei lāgi' kare dehera mārjana-bhūṣaṇa
SYNONYMS
e-deha —of this body;  darśana —by sight;  sparśe —and touch;  kṛṣṇa —of Lord Kṛṣṇa;  santoṣaṇa —the satisfaction;  ei lāgi' —for this;  kare —they do;  dehera —of the body;  mārjana —cleaning;  bhūṣaṇa —decorating.
TRANSLATION
“Kṛṣṇa finds joy in seeing and touching this body.” It is for this reason that they cleanse and decorate their bodies.
TEXT 184
নিজাঙ্গমপি যা গোপ্যে মমেতি সমুপাসতে ।
তাভ্য: পরং ন মে পার্থ নিগ্চপ্রেমভাজনম্ ॥ ১৮৪ ॥
nijāṅgam api yā gopyo mameti samupāsate tābhyaḥ paraṁ na me pārtha nigūḍha-prema-bhājanam
SYNONYMS
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.
TRANSLATION
“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.”
PURPORT
This verse is spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the  Ādi Purāṇa .