Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 4.8.67; 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 4.8.67
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
स्मर्यमाणत्वे, यथा —
स एष वैहासिकता-विनोदैर्
व्रजस्य हासोद्गम-संविधाता ।
फणीश्वरेणाद्य विकृष्यमाणः
करोति हा नः परिदेवनानि ॥४.८.६७॥smaryamāṇatve, yathā —
sa eṣa vaihāsikatā-vinodair
vrajasya hāsodgama-saṃvidhātā |
phaṇīśvareṇādya vikṛṣyamāṇaḥ
karoti hā naḥ paridevanāni ||4.8.67||
English translation
Memories producing conflicting rasas (hāsya and karuṇa):
“He used to make us laugh by comical pastimes. But today, being pulled away by Kāliya and suffering in pain, He is making us lament.”