Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 52 Verse 40

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 52: Rukmiṇī's Message to Lord Kṛṣṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.52.40

pūrteṣṭa-datta-niyama-vrata-deva-vipra

gurv-arcanādibhir alaḿ bhagavān pareśaḥ

ārādhito yadi gadāgraja etya pāṇiḿ

gṛhṇātu me na damaghoṣa-sutādayo 'nye

SYNONYMS

pūrta — by pious works (such as feeding brāhmaṇas, digging wells, etc.); iṣṭa — sacrificial performances; datta — charity; niyama — ritual observances (such as visiting holy places); vrata — vows of penance; deva — of the demigods; vipra — brāhmaṇas; guru — and spiritual masters; arcana — by worship; ādibhiḥ — and by other activities; alam — sufficiently; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; para — supreme; īśaḥ — controller; ārādhitaḥ — rendered devotional service; yadi — if; gada-agrajaḥ — Kṛṣṇa, the elder brother of Gada; etya — coming here; pāṇim — the hand; gṛhṇātu — may please take; me — my; na — not; damaghoṣa-suta — Śiśupāla, the son of Damaghoṣa; ādayaḥ — and so on; anye — others.

TRANSLATION

If I have sufficiently worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead by pious works, sacrifices, charity, rituals and vows, and also by worshiping the demigods, brāhmaṇas and gurus, then may Gadāgraja come and take my hand, and not Damaghoṣa's son or anyone else.

PURPORT

The ācāryas comment as follows on this verse: "Rukmiṇī felt that no one could obtain Lord Kṛṣṇa by the efforts of a single lifetime. Therefore she earnestly pointed out the pious activities she had performed in that life and previous lives, hoping to convince Śrī Kṛṣṇa to come."

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