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Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 173 of 309
Cc Madhya 8.173

রাগতাম্বূলরাগে অধর উজ্জ্বল প্রেমকৌটিল্য—নেত্রযুগলে কজ্জল

रागताम्बूलरागे अधर उज्ज्वल प्रेमकौटिल्य—नेत्रयुगले कज्जल

rāga-tāmbūla-rāge adhara ujjvala prema-kauṭilya—netra-yugale kajjala

Synonyms

rāga—of love; tāmbūla—of the betel nut; rāge—by the reddish color; adhara—lies; ujjvala—brilliant; prema-kauṭilya—the double dealings in loving affairs; netra-yugale—on the two eyes; kajjala—the ointment..

Translation

"Her attachment for Kṛṣṇa is the reddish color of betel nuts on Her brilliant lips. Her double-dealings in loving affairs are just like the black ointment around Her eyes.

Verse 173 of 309