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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Ādi-līlā, Ch. 14]
TRANSLATION
Being worshiped by Lakṣmī, the Lord began to smile. He recited a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and thus accepted the emotion she expressed.
PURPORT
The verse quoted in this connection is the twenty-fifth verse of the Twenty-second Chapter, Tenth Canto, of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . The  gopīs  worshiped the goddess Durgā, or Kātyāyanī, but their inner desire was to get Lord Kṛṣṇa as their husband. Kṛṣṇa, as Paramātmā, could realize the ardent desire of the  gopīs , and therefore He enjoyed the pastime of  vastra-haraṇa . When the  gopīs  went to take bath in the River Yamunā, they left their garments on the land and dipped into the water completely naked. Taking this opportunity, Kṛṣṇa stole all their garments and sat down in the top of a tree with them, desiring to see the girls naked just to become their husband. The  gopīs  desired to have Kṛṣṇa as their husband, and since it is only before her husband that a woman can be naked, to fulfill their desire Lord Kṛṣṇa accepted their prayers by this pastime of stealing their garments. When the  gopīs  received their garments back from Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa recited this verse.
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সংকলো বিদিত: সাধ্বো ভবতীনাং মদ্বনম্ । 
    ময়াহমোদিত: সোহসৌ সত্যো ভবিতুমহতি ॥ ৬৯ ॥
saṅkalpo viditaḥ sādhvyo 
    bhavatīnām mad-arcanam 
    mayānumoditaḥ so 'sau 
    satyo bhavitum arhati
SYNONYMS
saṅkalpaḥ —desire;  viditaḥ —has been understood;  sādhvyaḥ —O all of you chaste ladies;  bhavatīnām —of all of you;  mat-arcanam —for worshiping Me;  mayā —by Me;  anumoditaḥ —accepted;  saḥ —that;  asau —that determination or desire;  satyaḥ —successful;  bhavitum —to become;  arhati —deserves.
TRANSLATION
“My dear gopīs, I accept your desire to have Me as your husband and thus worship Me. I wish your desire to be fulfilled because it deserves to be so.”
PURPORT
The  gopīs , the girl friends of Kṛṣṇa, were almost of the same age as He. Within their minds they desired that Kṛṣṇa be their husband, but because of feminine bashfulness they could not express their desire. Therefore later on, after stealing their