premaiva gopa-rÄmÄnÄá¹
kÄma ity agamat prathÄm
ity uddhavÄdayo 'py etaá¹
vÄñchanti bhagavat-priyÄḥ

 prema - love; eva - only; gopa-rÄmÄnÄm - of the women of Vraja; kÄmaḥ - lust; iti - as; agamat - went to; prathÄm - fame; iti - thus; uddhava-Ädayaḥ - headed by ÅšrÄ« Uddhava; api - even; etam - this; vÄñchanti - desire; bhagavat-priyÄḥ - dear devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


Text

“The pure love of the gopÄ«s has become celebrated by the name ‘lust.’ The dear devotees of the Lord, headed by ÅšrÄ« Uddhava, desire to taste that love.â€

Purport

This is a verse from the Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu (1.2.285).