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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 14
dane nor erotic. Being a  sannyāsī , Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very strict in His dealings with women. Unless the  gopīs  were on the spiritual platform, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would have never even mentioned them to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī. Therefore these descriptions do not at all pertain to material activity.
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‘बामा’ एक लोगिनी, ‘फक्की’ एक नी ।
নানা-ভাবে করায় কুক্ষে ব্রস আস্বাদন ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
‘vāmā’ eka gopī-gaņa, ‘dakṣiṇā’ eka gaṇa nānā-bhāve karāya kṛṣṇe rasa āsvādana
SYNONYMS
vāmā —left wing;  eka —one;  gopī-gaṇa —party of  gopīs ;  dakṣiṇā —right wing;  eka —another;  gaṇa —party of  gopīs ;  nānā-bhāve —in varieties of ecstatic love;  karāya —cause to do;  kṛṣṇe —unto Kṛṣṇa;  rasa āsvādana —tasting of transcendental mellows.
TRANSLATION
“The gopīs can be divided into a left wing and a right wing. Both wings induce Kṛṣṇa to taste transcendental mellows by various manifestations of ecstatic love.
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ନୋମ୍ପାନାଗା-માધાર   દેશનો ભારતનો પાંચમો રાજ્ય છે.
নিৰ্মল-উজ্জ্বল-ব্লস-প্ৰেম-ব্লক্কখনি ॥ ১৬০ ॥ 
॥ ১৬০ ॥
gopī-gaṇa-madhye śreṣṭhā rādhā-ṭhākurāṇī nirmala-ujjvala-rasa-prema-ratna-khani
SYNONYMS
gopī-gaṇa-madhye —of all the  gopīs ;  śreṣṭhā —the chief;  rādhā-ṭhākurāṇī —Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī;  nirmala —purified;  ujjvala —brilliant;  rasa —in mellows;  prema —of ecstatic love;  ratna-khani —the jewel mine.
TRANSLATION
“Of all the gopīs, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the chief. She is a jewel mine of ecstatic love and the source of all purified transcendental conjugal mellows.