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Šrū Caitanva –caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā Ch 9]
have accepted the body as the self;  gopikā-sutaḥ —the son of mother Yaśodā;  jñāninām —for persons addicted to mental speculation;  ca —and;  ātma-bhūtānām —for persons performing severe austerities and penances;  yathā —as;  bhaktimatām —for persons engaged in spontaneous devotional service;  iha —in this world.
TRANSLATION
Caitanya Mahāprabhu then quoted, “‘The Supreme Personality of God-head, Kṛṣṇa, the son of mother Yaśodā, is accessible to those devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to those striving for self-realization by severe austerities and penances, or to those who consider the body to be the same as the self.’
PURPORT
This verse, also given in  Madhya-līlā  8.227, is quoted from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (10.9.21).
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শ্রেষ্ঠিগণ গোপীগণের অমুগত হঞ্য । 
ত্রজেখরীম্বুত ভজে গোপীভাব লঞ্য ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
śruti-gaṇa gopī-gaṇera anugata hañā vrajeśvarī-suta bhaje gopī-bhāva lañā
SYNONYMS
śruti-gaṇa —the authorities of Vedic hymns;  gopī-gaṇera —of the  gopīs ;  anugata hañā —following in the footsteps;  vrajeśvarī-suta —the son of mother Yaśodā;  bhaje —worship;  gopī-bhāva —the ecstasy of the  gopīs ;  lañā —accepting.
TRANSLATION
“The authorities in Vedic literatures known as śruti-gaṇa worshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa in the ecstasy of the gopīs and followed in their footsteps.
PURPORT
The authorities in Vedic literature known as  śruti-gaṇa  desired to enter into Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s  rāsa  dance; therefore they began to worship the Lord in the ecstasy of the  gopīs . In the beginning, however, they were unsuccessful. When they could not enter the dance simply by thinking of Kṛṣṇa in the ecstasy of the  gopīs , they actually accepted bodies like those of the  gopīs . They even took birth in Vra-