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    "name":"Cc. Madhya 13.160",
    "h1":"Cc. Madhya 13.160",
    "label":"Text 160",
    "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 13.160",
    "description":"\"Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: 'Devotional service unto Me is the only way to attain Me. My dear gopīs, whatever love and affection you have attained for Me by good fortune is the only reason for My returning to you.' \""
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====== Cc. Madhya 13.160 ======

===== Text =====

> mayi bhaktir hi bhūtānām
> amṛtatvāya kalpate
> diṣṭyā yad āsīn mat-sneho
> bhavatīnāṁ mad-āpanaḥ

===== Synonyms =====

[[synonyms:m:mayi]]---unto Me; [[synonyms:b:bhaktiḥ]]---the nine kinds of devotional service, such as //śravaṇa, kīrtana// and //smaraṇa//; [[synonyms:h:hi]]---certainly; [[synonyms:b:bhūtānām]]---of all living entities; [[synonyms:a:amṛtatvāya]]---for becoming eternal associates of the Lord; [[synonyms:k:kalpate]]---is quite befitting; [[synonyms:d:diṣṭyā]]---by good fortune; [[synonyms:y:yat]]---whatever; [[synonyms:ā:āsīt]]---there was; [[synonyms:m:mat]]-[[synonyms:s:snehaḥ]]---love and affection for Me; [[synonyms:b:bhavatīnām]]---of all you //gopīs//; [[synonyms:m:mat]]-[[synonyms:ā:āpanaḥ]]---the cause for getting Me back.

===== Translation =====

**"Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: 'Devotional service unto Me is the only way to attain Me. My dear gopīs, whatever love and affection you have attained for Me by good fortune is the only reason for My returning to you.' "**

===== Purport =====

This is a verse from //Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam// (10.82.44).