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CC Madhya 14.163

অহেরিব গতিঃ প্রেম্ণঃ স্বভাবকুটিলা ভবেৎ ।
অতো হেতোরহেতোশ্চ যূনোর্মান উদঞ্চতি ॥ ১৬৩ ॥
aher iva gatiḥ premṇaḥ
svabhāva-kuṭilā bhavet
ato hetor ahetoś ca
yūnor māna udañcati

Synonyms

aheḥof the snake; ivalike; gatiḥthe movement; premṇaḥof the loving affairs; svabhāvaby nature; kuṭilācrooked; bhavetis; ataḥtherefore; hetoḥfrom some cause; ahetoḥfrom the absence of a cause; caand; yūnoḥof the young couple; mānaḥanger; udañcatiappears.

Translation

“ ‘The progress of loving affairs between a young boy and a young girl is by nature crooked, like the movement of a snake. Because of this, two types of anger arise between a young boy and girl — anger with a cause and anger without a cause.’ ”

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (Śṛṅgāra-bheda-prakaraṇa 102).