CC Madhya 8.188 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - 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).