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CC Madhya 8.188

Bengali

বিদগ্ধো নবতারুণ্যঃ পরিহাস-বিশারদঃ ।
নিশ্চিন্তো ধীরললিতঃ স্যাৎ প্রায়ঃ প্রেয়সীবশঃ ॥ ১৮৮ ॥

Text

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).