Text 1351)
Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places
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jabhūmi just like the  gopīs  and consequently became engrossed in the ecstasy of the  gopīs'  love. In this way they were allowed to enter into the  rāsa-līlā  dance of the Lord.
TEXT 134
বাহ্যস্তরে গোপীদেহ ভ্রজে যবে পাইল।
সেই দেহে কৃষ্ণসঙ্গে রাসক্রীড়া কৈল ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
bāhyāntare gopī-deha vraje yabe pāila sei dehe krṣṇa-saṅge rāsa-krīḍā kaila
SYNONYMS
bāhya-antare —externally and internally;  gopī-deha —the body of a  gopī ;  vraje —in Vrajabhūmi;  yabe —when;  pāila —they got;  sei dehe —in that body;  kṛṣṇa-saṅge —with Kṛṣṇa;  rāsa-krīḍā —pastimes of the  rāsa  dance;  kaila —performed.
TRANSLATION
“The personified authorities on the Vedic hymns acquired bodies like those of the gopīs and took birth in Vrajabhūmi. In those bodies they were allowed to enter into the Lord’s rāsa-lilā dance.
TEXT 1355
গোপজাতি কৃষ্ণ, গোপী—প্রেয়সী তাঁহার ।
দেবী বা অন্ত্য ন্ত্রী কৃষ্ণ না করে অঙ্গীকার ॥ ১৩৫ ॥
gopa-jāti krṣṇa, gopī—preyasī tāṅhāra devī vā anya strī krṣṇa nā kare aṅgikāra
SYNONYMS
gopa-jāti  —belonging to the cowherd community;  kṛṣṇa  —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  gopī  —the damsels of Vrajabhūmi, the  gopīs ;  preyasī  —dearmost;  tāṅhāra  —His;  devī  —the wives of the demigods;  vā  —or;  anya  —other;  strī  —women;  kṛṣṇa  —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  nā  —does not;  kare  —do;  aṅgīkāra  —acceptance.
TRANSLATION
“Lord Krṣṇa belongs to the cowherd community, and the gopīs are the dear-most lovers of Krṣṇa. Although the wives of the denizens of the heavenly