318 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
premaiva gopa-ramanam
kama ity agamat pratham
ity uddhavddayo ‘py etam
vanchanti bhagavat-priyah
SYNONYMS
premd-—love; eva—only ; gopa-ramanadm—of the women of Vraja; R@mah-lust; iti—
as; agamat—went to, prathadm—fame; iti—thus; uddhava-ddayah—headed by Sri
Uddhava; api—even; etam—this; vafichanti—desire; bhagavat-priyah—dear devotees
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
“The pure love of the gopis has become celebrated by the name ‘lust’. The dear
devotees of the Lord, headed by Sri Uddhava, desire to taste that love.”
PURPORT
This is a verse from Bhakti-rasdmrta-sindhu (1.2.285,286).
TEXT 164
ara, cain, —chterera fafen argc |
CONS SNR CRA CATE ACA Fawr! | Svs I
kama, prema,— donhakara vibhinna laksana
lauha Gra hema yaiche svariipe vilaksana
SYNONYMS
kama—l\ust; prema—love; donhdkara—of the two; vibhinna—separate; /aksana—
symptoms; /auha—iron; dra—and; hema—gold; yaiche—just as; svariipe—in nature;
vilaksana— different.
TRANSLATION
Lust and love have different characteristics, just as iron and gold have different
natures.
PURPORT
One should try to discriminate between sexual love and pure love, for they belong
to different categories, witha gulf of difference between them. They are as different
from one another as iron is from gold.
TEXT 165
BicuennAfS-atei— Sica afer “ara |
BC fea (S-2oel aca ‘cela’ ata ui sve |
