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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 13]
TRANSLATION
While dancing, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again began to recite that verse, which He tasted in the association of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
TEXT 1366
আছশ্চ তে নলিন-নাভ পদারবিন্দং যোগেশ্বরৈর্হ্বন্দি বিচিন্ত্যমগাধবোধৈ: । সংসারকূপপতিতোত্তরণাবলম্বং গেহং জুষামপি মনস্ত্র্যদিঘাৎ সদা নঃ ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
āhuś ca te nalina-nābha padāravindaṁ 
    yogeśvarair hṛdi vicintyam agādha-bodhaiḥ 
    saṁsāra-kūpa-patitottaraṇāvalambaṁ 
    gehaṁ juṣām api manasy udiyāt sadā naḥ
SYNONYMS
āhuḥ  —the  gopīs  said;  ca  —and;  te  —Your;  nalina-nābha  —O Lord, whose navel is just like a lotus flower;  pada-aravindam  —lotus feet;  yoga-īśvaraiḥ  —by great mystic  yogīs ;  hṛdi  —within the heart;  vicintyam  —to be meditated upon;  agādha-bodhaiḥ  —who are highly learned philosophers;  saṁsāra-kūpa  —in the dark well of material existence;  patita  —of those fallen;  uttaraṇa  —for deliverance;  avalam-bam  —the only shelter;  geham  —in family affairs;  juṣām  —of those engaged;  api  —although;  manasi  —in the minds;  udiyāt  —let be awakened;  sadā  —always;  naḥ  —our.
TRANSLATION
“The gopis spoke thus: ‘Dear Lord, whose navel is just like a lotus flower, Your lotus feet are the only shelter for those who have fallen into the deep well of material existence. Your feet are worshiped and meditated upon by great mystic yogis and highly learned philosophers. We 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 quotation from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (10.82.49). The  gopīs  were never interested in  karma-yoga ,  jñāna-yoga , or  dhyāna-yoga . They were simply interested in  bhakti-yoga . Unless they were forced, they never liked to meditate on