vidagdho nava-tÄruṇyaḥ
parihÄsa-viÅ›Äradaḥ
niścinto dhīra-lalitaḥ
syÄt prÄyaḥ preyasÄ«-vaÅ›aḥ

 vidagdhaḥ - clever; nava-tÄruṇyaḥ - always freshly youthful; parihÄsa - in joking; viÅ›Äradaḥ - expert; niÅ›cintaḥ - without anxiety; dhÄ«ra-lalitaḥ - a hero in loving affairs; syÄt - is; prÄyaḥ - almost always; preyasÄ«-vaÅ›aḥ - one who keeps His girlfriends subjugated.


Text

“ ‘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 dhÄ«ra-lalita.’

Purport

This verse is from the Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu (2.1.230).