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nijangam api ya gopyo
mameti samupasate
tabhyah param na me partha
nigudha-prema-bhajanam
SYNONYMS
nija-angam—own body; api—although; yah—who; gopyah—the gopis; mama—Mine; iti—thus thinking; samupasate—engage in decorating; tabhyah—than them; param—greater; na—not; me—for Me; partha—O Arjuna; nigudha-prema—of deep love; bhajanam—receptacles “O Arjuna, there are no greater receptacles of deep love for Me than the gopis, who cleanse and decorate their bodies because they consider them Mine.”
PURPORT
This verse is spoken by Lord Krsna in the Adi Purana.