Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 3.3.92; 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 3.3.92
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
निर्जिती-करणं युद्धे वस्त्रे धृत्वास्य कर्षणम् ।
पुष्पाद्याच्छेदनं हस्तात् कृष्णेन स्व-प्रसाधनम् ।
हस्ताहस्ति-प्रसङ्गाद्याः प्रोक्ताः प्रिय-सख-क्रियाः ॥३.३.९२॥nirjitī-karaṇaṃ yuddhe vastre dhṛtvāsya karṣaṇam |
puṣpādyācchedanaṃ hastāt kṛṣṇena sva-prasādhanam |
hastāhasti-prasaṅgādyāḥ proktāḥ priya-sakha-kriyāḥ ||3.3.92||
English translation
“Defeating Kṛṣṇa in battle, pulling His cloth, stealing flowers and other things from His hand, being decorated by Kṛṣṇa and hand-to-hand combat are the activities of the priya-sakhas (friends of equal age to Kṛṣṇa).”