Bhagavata Purana 10.30.35-36
Srimad Bhagavatam · 30 · Verse 35-36
Sanskrit Original
इत्येवं दर्शयन्त्यस्ताश्चेरुर्गोप्यो विचेतस: । यां गोपीमनयत्कृष्णो विहायान्या: स्त्रियो वने ॥ ३५ ॥ सा च मेने तदात्मानं वरिष्ठं सर्वयोषिताम् । हित्वा गोपी: कामयाना मामसौ भजते प्रिय: ॥ ३६ ॥
ity evaṁ darśayantyas tāś cerur gopyo vicetasaḥ yāṁ gopīm anayat kṛṣṇo vihāyānyāḥ striyo vane
As the gopīs wandered about, their minds completely bewildered, they pointed out various signs of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. The particular gopī whom Kṛṣṇa had led into a secluded forest when He had abandoned all the other young girls began to think Herself the best of women. “My beloved has rejected all the other gopīs,” She thought, “even though they are driven by Cupid himself. He has chosen to reciprocate with Me alone.”