Madhya-līlā

Chapter 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

Verse 163 of 255
Cc Madhya 14.163

অহেরিব গতিঃ প্রেম্ণঃ স্বভাবকুটিলা ভবেত্ অতো হেতোরহেতোশ্চ যূনোর্মান উদংচতি

अहेरिव गतिः प्रेम्णः स्वभावकुटिला भवेत् अतो हेतोरहेतोश्च यूनोर्मान उदंचति

aher iva gatiḥ premṇaḥ svabhāva-kuṭilā bhavet ato hetor ahetoś ca yūnor māna udañcati

Synonyms

aheḥof the snake; ivalike; gatiḥthe movement; premṇaḥof the loving affairs; sva-bhāvaby nature; kuṭilācrooked; bhavetis; ataḥtherefore; hetoḥfrom some cause; ahetoḥfrom the absence of a cause; caand; yūnoḥof the young couple; mānaḥanger; udañcatiappears..

Translation

" 'The progress of loving affairs between young couples is by nature crooked, like the movement of a snake. Because of this, two types of anger arise between young couples—anger with a cause and anger without a cause.' "

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (Śṛṅgāra-bheda-prakaraṇa, 102).

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