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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-līlā, Ch. 1]
wish that these lotus feet may also be awakened within our hearts, although we are only ordinary persons engaged in household affairs.”
PURPORT
This is a verse from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.82.49).
TEXT 82
তোমার চরণ মোর ব্রজপুরঘরে।
উদয় করয়ে যদি, তবে বাঞ্ছা পুরে ॥ ৮২ ॥
tomāra caraṇa mora vraja-pura-ghare udaya karaye yadi, tabe vāñchā pūre
SYNONYMS
tomāra—Your; caraṇa—lotus feet; mora—my; vraja-pura-ghare—at the home in Vṛndāvana; udaya—awaken; karaye—I do; yadi—if; tabe—then; vāñchā—desires; pūre—are fulfilled.
TRANSLATION
The gopīs thought: “Dear Lord, if Your lotus feet again come to our home in Vṛndāvana, our desires will be fulfilled.”
PURPORT
In his  Anubhāṣya , Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura comments: “The gopīs are purely engaged in the service of the Lord without motive. They are not captivated by the opulence of Kṛṣṇa, nor by the understanding that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.” Naturally the gopīs were inclined to love Kṛṣṇa, for He was an attractive young boy of Vṛndāvana village. Being village girls, they were not very much attracted to the field of Kurukṣetra, where Kṛṣṇa was present with elephants, horses and royal dress. Indeed, they did not very much appreciate Kṛṣṇa in that atmosphere. Kṛṣṇa was not attracted by the opulence or personal beauty of the gopīs but by their pure devotional service. Similarly, the gopīs were attracted to Kṛṣṇa as a cowherd boy, not in sophisticated guise. Lord Kṛṣṇa is inconceivably powerful. To understand Him, great yogīs and saintly persons give up all material engagements and meditate upon Him. Similarly, those who are overly attracted to material enjoyment, to enhancement of material opulence, to family maintenance or to liberation from the entanglements of this material world take