Bhagavatapurana 10.60

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'O princess of Vidarbha, without knowing this, out of short-sightedness, / we, devoid of qualities and vainly praised by beggars, were chosen by you.

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Therefore, worship a best of Kṣatriyas truly suitable for yourself, / through whom you will obtain true blessings in this world and the next.

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Kings such as the king of Cedi, Śālva, Jarāsandha, and Dantavakra / hate me, O fair-thighed one, and so does Rukmīn, your elder brother.

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To check the pride of those who are arrogant and blinded by intoxication with their prowess, / you were brought by me, O auspicious one, taking away the splendor of the wicked.

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We are indeed indifferent, not desiring wife, children, or wealth; / we abide fulfilled in the attainment of the Self, inactive like the light within the house.'

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Śrī Śuka said: / Having spoken thus, the Lord—destroying the pride of her / who considered herself beloved [above all] because of non-separation—ceased speaking.

Having heard this unpleasant speech, never heard before, from the Lord of the rulers of the three worlds, her own beloved, / the queen, terrified, with trembling arising in her heart, wept and fell into endless anxiety.

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Scratching the ground with her well-formed foot possessing the red luster of nails, / bathing her saffron-smeared breasts with tears blackened with collyrium, she stood with face cast down, her voice choked by intense sorrow.

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Her intellect ruined by extreme grief, fear, and sorrow, the fan fell from her hand whose bracelet was slipping off,

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and her body, her mind overwhelmed, suddenly fainting like a plantain tree struck down by the wind, fell with disheveled hair.

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Seeing that, the Lord Kṛṣṇa, compassionate toward the bond of love of his beloved / who did not understand the jesting nature [of his words], was moved with pity.

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Quickly descending from the couch and raising her up, the four-armed one / smoothed her hair and wiped her face with his lotus hand.

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Wiping her eyes filled with tears and her breasts afflicted with sorrow, / and embracing that chaste woman whose attention was devoted to no other with his arm, O King,

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the Master, skilled in consolation, the refuge of the virtuous devotees, consoled the distressed lady out of compassion, / whose mind was bewildered by playful words and who was undeserving of such distress.

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The Lord said: / 'Do not, do not be angry, O princess of Vidarbha! I know that you are devoted solely to me; / this was performed in jest, O fair woman, by me desiring to hear your words,

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and to see your face with its lip trembling in the excitement of love, / the corners of your eyes reddish with sidelong glances, and the edge of your brows beautifully arched.

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For this is the highest gain in home life for householders, / that time is passed in pleasantries with one's beloved, O timid, spirited woman!'

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Śrī Śuka said: / Thus comforted by the Lord, O King, the princess of Vidarbha, / knowing that this was spoken in jest, abandoned the fear of abandonment by her beloved.

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Looking at the face of the Lord with an affectionate sidelong glance charming with a modest smile, / she spoke to the bull among men, O descendant of Bharata.

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Śrī Rukmiṇī said: / 'Indeed it is so, O lotus-eyed one, as you said: I am surely unequal to you, the Lord of immense greatness; / where are you, the Lord, ruler of the three [worlds], delighting in your own greatness, and where am I, whose nature consists of the guṇas, whose feet are seized by fools?

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Truly, as if in fear of the guṇas, O Urukrama, you, the inner Self consisting solely of pure consciousness, lie in the ocean;

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you are always in conflict with the wicked senses; by your servants, the royal position, which is blinding darkness, is shaken off.

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The path of the sages enjoying the nectar of your lotus feet is unclear and indeed hard to comprehend by human beasts,

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The path of the sages enjoying the nectar of your lotus feet is unclear and indeed hard to comprehend by human beasts,

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since the conduct of the sovereign Lord is seemingly unworldly, O infinite one, and likewise the conduct of those who follow you.

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Indeed you possess nothing, since there is nothing beyond you, to whom even the receivers of offerings, beginning with the unborn [Brahmā], bring tribute;

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Indeed you possess nothing, since there is nothing beyond you, to whom even the receivers of offerings, beginning with the unborn [Brahmā], bring tribute;

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those blinded by wealth, seeking only the satisfaction of their life-breaths, do not know you as Death; yet you are the dearest to the receivers of offerings, and they to you.

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You are indeed identical with all the aims of human life, the very nature of the ultimate fruit, desiring which the wise abandon everything;

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You are indeed identical with all the aims of human life, the very nature of the ultimate fruit, desiring which the wise abandon everything;

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for them, O all-pervading one, union with you is appropriate, but not for a man and a woman whose attachments are centered on pleasure and pain.

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You, whose majesty is celebrated by sages who have laid aside the staff [of renunciation], who are the Self and the giver of the Self to the worlds, were chosen by me,

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You, whose majesty is celebrated by sages who have laid aside the staff [of renunciation], who are the Self and the giver of the Self to the worlds, were chosen by me,

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setting aside the lotus-born [Brahmā] and the lords of heaven, whose hopes are destroyed by the speed of Time impelled by your brow; what to speak of others?

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Your statement is mere dull pretense, O elder brother of Gada—that having routed the kings with the sound of your Śārṅga bow, you carried me off

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Your statement is mere dull pretense, O elder brother of Gada—that having routed the kings with the sound of your Śārṅga bow, you carried me off

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just as a lion takes his own prey, driving away animals, O Lord, and yet you took refuge in the ocean out of fear of them!

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Desiring which [lotus feet], the crest-jewels among kings—Aṅga, the son of Vena, the son of Jayanta, the son of Nahuṣa, Gaya, and others—undivided sovereignty

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Desiring which [lotus feet], the crest-jewels among kings—Aṅga, the son of Vena, the son of Jayanta, the son of Nahuṣa, Gaya, and others—undivided sovereignty

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having abandoned their sovereignty and entered the forest, O lotus-eyed one— / did they, established in following your path, perish here in misery?

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What mortal woman, having smelled the fragrance of your lotus feet, / celebrated by the virtuous and bestowing liberation on humankind,

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What mortal woman, having smelled the fragrance of your lotus feet, / celebrated by the virtuous and bestowing liberation on humankind,

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which are the abode of Lakṣmī, would ignore the abode of all virtues / and resort to another, whose vision is clouded by wealth and who is ever in great fear?

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Therefore I have chosen you, the befitting sovereign of the worlds, / the Self who fulfills all desires here and hereafter.

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Therefore I have chosen you, the befitting sovereign of the worlds, / the Self who fulfills all desires here and hereafter.

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May your foot be the shelter for me wandering through the paths [of transmigration], / [that foot] which comes to the worshiper and dispels illusion.

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May those kings mentioned by you, O Acyuta, be for that woman—kings who in women’s homes are beasts of burden like asses, oxen, dogs, cats, and servants,

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O Acyuta, let the kings advised by you be [the husbands] of that [foolish] woman, / kings who are like donkeys, oxen, dogs, and cats serving in the homes of women,

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to whose ears, O unconquerable Lord, the stories of you / sung in the assemblies of Śiva and Brahmā have never arrived.

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Bound together by skin, beard, body hair, nails, and hair on the outside, / and filled within with flesh, bones, blood, worms, feces, phlegm, bile, and wind—

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Bound together by skin, beard, body hair, nails, and hair on the outside, / and filled within with flesh, bones, blood, worms, feces, phlegm, bile, and wind—

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such a living corpse the utterly deluded woman serves, thinking him her beloved, / a woman who does not smell the nectar of your lotus feet.

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O lotus-eyed one, let there be love in me for your feet, / who take delight in the Self, yet whose gaze upon me is not indifferent;

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O lotus-eyed one, let there be love in me for your feet, / who take delight in the Self, yet whose gaze upon me is not indifferent;

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when, for the increase of this [universe], you assume an excess of passion / and look upon me, indeed that is your supreme compassion toward us.

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I do not think your words are false at all, O Madhusūdana; / for often a maiden feels loving attachment only at her mother’s [prompting].

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And the mind of an unchaste married woman wanders ever anew; / a wise man should not maintain an unchaste wife, for supporting her he falls from both worlds.

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The Lord said:
O virtuous one, desiring to hear this, you were teased by me, O princess; / whatever you have said in response to what I said is entirely true indeed.

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Whatever desires you long for in me, who am free from desire, O proud woman, / they are ever fulfilled for you, O blessed one, who possess exclusive devotion.

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Your love for your husband and your wifely devotion have been recognized, O sinless one, / since your mind was not drawn away from me, though shaken by my words.

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Those who worship me for marital happiness through austerity and the observance of vows, / their minds filled with desire, are deluded by my creative power concerning the Lord of liberation.

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O proud lady, those who, having attained me, the master of liberation and all wealth, / desire only worldly fortunes,

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they are unfortunate, [and are fit] even for hell; for mortals, / hell is easily attained because of their absorption in sense objects.

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Fortunately, O mistress of the home, you have repeatedly rendered service to me that releases from worldly existence, / service very difficult for wicked persons, and all the more so for a woman who cherishes wicked desires, feeds only her own life, and takes pleasure in deceit.

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The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English

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Bhagavatapurana 10.60

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