CC Madhya 23.72 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 23: Life's Ultimate Goal — Love of Godhead

Madhya-līlā 23.71 - Madhya-līlā 23.73

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 72

vidagdhaś caturo dakṣaḥ

kṛta-jñaḥ su-dṛḍha-vrataḥ

deśa-kāla-supātra-jñaḥ

śāstra-cakṣuḥ śucir vaśī

SYNONYMS

vidagdhaḥ—expert in artistic enjoyment; caturaḥ—cunning; dakṣaḥ—expert; kṛta-jñaḥ—grateful; su-dṛḍha-vrataḥ—firmly determined; deśa—of country; kāla—time; su-pātra—of fitness; jñaḥ—a knower; śāstra-cakṣuḥ—expert in the authoritative scriptures; śuciḥ—very clean and neat; vaśī—self-controlled.

TRANSLATION

“‘Kṛṣṇa is very expert in artistic enjoyment. He is highly cunning, expert, grateful and firmly determined in His vows. He knows how to deal according to time, person and country, and He sees through the scriptures and authoritative books. He is very clean and self-controlled.

Madhya-līlā 23.71 - Madhya-līlā 23.73