CC Madhya 8.188

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Madhya-līlā 8.187 - Madhya-līlā 8.189

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 188

vidagdho nava-tāruṇyaḥ

parihāsa-viśāradaḥ

niścinto dhīra-lalitaḥ

syāt prāyaḥ preyasī-vaśaḥ

SYNONYMS

vidagdhaḥ — clever; nava-tāruṇyaḥ — always freshly youthful; parihāsa — in joking; viśāradaḥ — expert; niścintaḥ — without anxiety; dhīra-lalitaḥ — a hero in loving affairs; syāt — is; prāyaḥ — almost always; preyasī-vaśaḥ — one who keeps his girlfriends subjugated.

TRANSLATION

“‘A person who is very cunning and always youthful, expert in joking and without anxiety, and who can keep his girlfriends always subjugated, is called dhīra-lalita.’

PURPORT

This verse is from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.1.230).

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