vidagdho nava-tāruṇyaḥ
parihāsa-viśāradaḥ
niścinto dhīra-lalitaḥ
syāt prāyaḥ preyasī-vaśaḥ

 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.


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 dhīra-lalita.’

Purport

This verse is from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.1.230).