CC Madhya 8.173 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Madhya-līlā - Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Madhya-līlā 8.172 - Madhya-līlā 8.174

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.

TEXT 173

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—lips; 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 constitute the black ointment around Her eyes.

Madhya-līlā 8.172 - Madhya-līlā 8.174