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CC Madhya 8.173

Bengali

রাগ-তাম্বূলরাগে অধর উজ্জ্বল ।
প্রেমকৌটিল্য — নেত্রযুগলে কজ্জল ॥ ১৭৩ ॥

Text

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.