Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 2.2.18; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.
Verse 2.2.18
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यथा —
शङ्के चिरं केशव-किङ्करस्य
चेतस् तटे भक्ति-लता प्रफुल्ला ।
येनाधि-तुण्ड-स्थलम् अट्टहास-
प्रसून-पुञ्जाश् चटुलं स्खलन्ति ॥२.२.१८॥yathā —
śaṅke ciraṃ keśava-kiṅkarasya
cetas taṭe bhakti-latā praphullā |
yenādhi-tuṇḍa-sthalam aṭṭahāsa-
prasūna-puñjāś caṭulaṃ skhalanti ||2.2.18||
English translation
An example:
“I think that the creeper of devotion in the heart of the servant of Kṛṣṇa has been blossoming for a long time, because a multitude of flowers in the form of his loud laughing is shaking his trembling lips.”