Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 60 Verse 24

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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.60.24

tasyāḥ su-duḥkha-bhaya-śoka-vinaṣṭa-buddher

hastāc chlathad-valayato vyajanaḿ papāta

dehaś ca viklava-dhiyaḥ sahasaiva muhyan

rambheva vāyu-vihato pravikīrya keśān

SYNONYMS

taṣyāḥ — her; su-duḥkha — by the great unhappiness; bhaya — fear; śoka — and remorse; vinaṣṭa — spoiled; buddheḥ — whose intelligence; hastāt — from the hand; ślathat — slipping; valayataḥ — whose bangles; vyajanam — the fan; papāta — fell; dehaḥ — her body; ca — also; viklava — disrupted; dhiyaḥ — whose mind; sahasā eva — suddenly; muhyan — fainting; rambhā — a plantain tree; iva — as if; vāyu — by the wind; vihataḥ — blown down; pravikīrya — scattering; keśān — her hair.

TRANSLATION

Rukmiṇī's mind was overwhelmed with unhappiness, fear and grief. Her bangles slipped from her hand, and her fan fell to the ground. In her bewilderment she suddenly fainted, her hair scattering all about as her body fell to the ground like a plantain tree blown over by the wind.

PURPORT

Shocked by Lord Kṛṣṇa's words, Rukmiṇī could not understand that the Lord was only teasing, and thus she displayed these ecstatic symptoms of grief, which Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī characterizes as sāttvika ecstasies ranging from "becoming stunned" to "dissolution."

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