nija-aṅgam - own body; api - although; yāḥ - who; gopyaḥ - the gopīs; mama - Mine; iti - thus thinking; samupāsate - engage in decorating; tābhyaḥ - than them; param - greater; na - not; me - for Me; pārtha - O Arjuna; nigūḍha-prema - of deep love; bhājanam - receptacles.

“O Arjuna, there are no greater receptacles of deep love for Me than the gopīs, who cleanse and decorate their bodies because they consider them Mine.”