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Šŕi  Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 13]
the Lord. In this way the poisonous effects of sense activities are removed. If one's mind is always engaged in the service of the Lord, there is no possibility that one will think, feel or act materially. Similarly, the fruitive workers' attempt to attain heavenly planets is nothing more than phantasmagoria for the devotee. After all, the heavenly planets are material, and in due course of time they will all be dissolved. Devotees do not care for such temporary things. They engage in transcendental devotional activities because they desire elevation to the spiritual world, where they can live eternally and peacefully and with full knowledge of Krṣṇa. In Vṛndāvana, the  gopīs , cowherd boys and even the calves, cows, trees and water are fully conscious of Krṣṇa. They are never satisfied with anything but Krṣṇa.
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দেহ-স্মৃতি নাহি যার, সংসারকূপ কাঁহাঁ তার, তাহা হৈতে না চাহে উষ্কার । বিরহ-সমুদ্র-জলে, কাম-তিমিঙ্গিলে গিলে, গোপীগণে নেহ’ তার পার ॥ ১৪২ ॥
deha-smṛti nāhi yāra,                                                      saṁsāra-kūpa kāhāṅ tāra,                                                      tāhā haite nā cāhe uddhāra                                                      viraha-samudra-jale,
SYNONYMS
deha-smṛti —bodily concept of life;  nāhi —not;  yāra —one whose;  samsárā-kūpa —blind well of material life;  kāhāṅ —where is;  tāra —his;  tāhā haite —from that;  nā —does not;  cāhe —want;  uddhāra —liberation;  viraha-samudra-jale —in the water of the ocean of separation;  kāma-timiṅgile —the transcendental Cupid in the form of  timiṅgila  fish;  gile —swallow;  gopī-gaṇe —the  gopīs ;  neha’ —please take out;  tāra pāra —beyond that.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued: “‘The gopīs are fallen in the great ocean of separation, and they are being devoured by the timingila fish, which represent their ambition to serve You. The gopīs are to be delivered from the mouths of these timingila fish, for they are pure devotees. Since they have no material conception of life, why should they aspire for liberation? The gopīs do not want that liberation desired by yogīs and jñānīs, for they are already liberated from the ocean of material existence.