Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 83 Verse 17

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 83: Draupadī Meets the Queens of Kṛṣṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.83.17

śrī-lakṣmaṇovāca

mamāpi rājñy acyuta-janma-karma

śrutvā muhur nārada-gītam āsa ha

cittaḿ mukunde kila padma-hastayā

vṛtaḥ su-sammṛśya vihāya loka-pān

SYNONYMS

śrī-lakṣmaṇā uvāca — Śrī Lakṣmaṇā said; mama — my; api — also; rājñi — O Queen; acyuta — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; janma — about the births; karma — and activities; śrutvā — hearing; muhuḥ — repeatedly; nārada — by Nārada Muni; gītam — chanted; āsa ha — became; cittam — my heart; mukunde — (fixed) upon Mukunda; kila — indeed; padma-hastayā — by the supreme goddess of fortune, who holds a lotus in her hand; vṛtaḥ — chosen; su — carefully; sammṛśya — considering; vihāya — rejecting; loka — of planets; pān — the rulers.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Lakṣmaṇā said: O Queen, I repeatedly heard Nārada Muni glorify the appearances and activities of Acyuta, and thus my heart also became attached to that Lord, Mukunda. Indeed, even Goddess Padmahastā chose Him as her husband after careful consideration, rejecting the great demigods who rule various planets.

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