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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā. Ch. 8]
premaiva gopa-rāmṇāṁ kāma ity agamat prathām ity uddhavādayo ‘py etaṁ vāñchanti bhagavat-priyāh
SYNONYMS
premā —love of Godhead;  eva —certainly;  gopa-rāmāṇām —of all the  gopīs ;  kāmaḥ —lust;  iti —thus;  agamat —became current;  prathām —the process;  iti —thus;  uddhava-ādayaḥ —all devotees, headed by Uddhava;  api —certainly;  etam —this type of behavior;  vāñchanti —desire;  bhagavat-priyāḥ —those who are very, very dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
“The dealings of the gopīs with Kṛṣṇa are on the platform of pure love of Godhead. However, they are sometimes considered to be lusty. But because such dealings are completely spiritual, all the dearmost devotees of the Lord like Uddhava and others also desire to participate in them.
PURPORT
Thiis is a quotation from  Bhakti-rasāmṛṭa-sindhu  (1.2.285)...
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নিজেন্দ্রিয়সুখহেতু কামের তাঁৎপর্য । কৃষ্ণসুখ-তাঁৎপর্য গোপীভাব-বর্ষ ॥ ২১৭ ॥
nijendriya-sukha-hetu kāmera tātparya kṛṣṇa-sukha-tātparya gopī-bhāva-varya
SYNONYMS
nija-indriya —of one's own senses;  sukha —of the happiness;  hetu —for the reason;  kāmera —of lusty desire;  tātparya —intention;  kṛṣṇa —of Kṛṣṇa;  sukha —the happiness;  tātparya —intention;  gopī-bhāva-varya —the foremost mood of the  gopīs .
TRANSLATION
“Lusty desires are experienced when one is concerned with his own personal sense gratification. The mood of the gopīs is not like that. Their only desire is to satisfy the senses of Kṛṣṇa.