CC Madhya 14.163 (1975)
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 163
- aher iva gatiḥ premṇaḥ
- svabhāva-kuṭilā bhavet
- ato hetor ahetoś ca
- yūnor māna udañcati
SYNONYMS
aheḥ—of the snake; iva—like; gatiḥ—the movement; premṇaḥ—of the loving affairs; svabhāva—by nature; kuṭilā—crooked; bhavet—is; ataḥ—therefore; hetoḥ—from some cause; ahetoḥ—from the absence of a cause; ca—and; yūnoḥ—of the young couple; mānaḥ—anger; udañcati—appears.
TRANSLATION
“‘The progress of loving affairs between a young boy and a young girl is by nature crooked, like the movement of a snake. Because of this, two types of anger arise between a young boy and girl—anger with a cause and anger without a cause.’”
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (Śṛṅgāra-bheda-prakaraṇa 102).