Madhya 8.188

TEXT 188

TEXT

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

vidagdho nava-tarunyah

parihasa-visaradah

niscinto dhira-lalitah

syat prayah preyasi-vasah

SYNONYMS

vidagdhah-clever; nava-tarunyah-always freshly youthful; parihasa-in joking; visaradah-expert; niscintah-without anxiety; dhira-lalitah-a hero in loving affairs; syat-is; prayah-almost always; preyasi-vasah-one who keeps His girl friends subjugated.

TRANSLATION

"A person who is very cunning and always youthful, expert in joking and without anxiety, and who can keep his girl friends always subjugated, is called dhira-lalita.

PURPORT

This verse is from Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (2.1.230).