CC Madhya 8.188 (1996)
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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).