Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 60 Verse 40

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 60: Lord Kṛṣṇa Teases Queen Rukmiṇī.

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.60.40

jāḍyaḿ vacas tava gadāgraja yas tu bhūpān

vidrāvya śārńga-ninadena jahartha māḿ tvam

siḿho yathā sva-balim īśa paśūn sva-bhāgaḿ

tebhyo bhayād yad udadhiḿ śaraṇaḿ prapannaḥ

SYNONYMS

jāḍyam — foolishness; vacaḥ — words; tava — Your; gadāgraja — O Gadāgraja; yaḥ — who; tu — even; bhū-pān — the kings; vidrāvya — driving away; śārńga — of Śārńga, Your bow; ninadena — by the resounding; jahartha — took away; mām — me; tvam — You; siḿhaḥ — a lion; yathā — as; sva — Your own; balim — tribute; īśa — O Lord; paśūn — animals; sva-bhāgam — his own share; tebhyaḥ — of them; bhayāt — out of fear; yat — that; udadhim — of the ocean; śaraṇaḿ-prapannaḥ — took shelter.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, as a lion drives away lesser animals to claim his proper tribute, You drove off the assembled kings with the resounding twang of Your Śārńga bow and then claimed me, Your fair share. Thus it is sheer foolishness, my dear Gadāgraja, for You to say You took shelter in the ocean out of fear of those kings.

PURPORT

In Text 12 of this chapter Lord Kṛṣṇa said, rājabhyo bibhyataḥ su-bhru samudraḿ śaranaḿ gatān: "Terrified of those kings, We went to the ocean for shelter." According to the ācāryas, Lord Kṛṣṇa finally provoked Rukmiṇī's anger by glorifying other men who might have been her husband, and thus in an agitated mood she here tells Him that she is not ignorant but rather that He has spoken foolishly. She states, "Like a lion You abducted me in the presence of those kings and drove them away with Your Śārńga bow, so it is simply foolishness to say that out of fear of those same kings You went to the ocean." According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, as Queen Rukmiṇī spoke these words she frowned and cast angry sidelong glances at the Lord.

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