Quote#Love
I am in love with the gopis, ... charmed with Krishna, an…
Quote byWilliam Jones · 1746–1794
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Charles Wilkins (1784), quoted in John Keay, India Discovered (London: Collins, 1988) p. 28.
English (original)
I am in love with the gopis, ... charmed with Krishna, an enthusiastic admirer of Rama and a devout adorer of Brahma. Yudhisthir, Arjuna, Bhirna and other warriors of the Mahabharata appear greater in my eyes than Agamemnon, Ajax, and Achilles appeared when I first read the Iliad.
— William Jones
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