Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 53: Kṛṣṇa Kidnaps Rukmiṇī

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.53.40-41

padbhyāḿ viniryayau draṣṭuḿ

bhavānyāḥ pāda-pallavam

sā cānudhyāyatī samyań

mukunda-caraṇāmbujam

yata-vāń mātṛbhiḥ sārdhaḿ

sakhībhiḥ parivāritā

guptā rāja-bhaṭaiḥ śūraiḥ

sannaddhair udyatāyudhaiḥ

mṛḍańga-śańkha-paṇavās

tūrya-bheryaś ca jaghnire

SYNONYMS

padbhyām — on foot; viniryayau — went out; draṣṭumin order to see; bhavānyāḥ — of mother Bhavānī; pāda-pallavam — the lotus-petal feet; — she; ca — and; anudhyāyatī — meditating; samyak — totally; mukunda — of Kṛṣṇa; caraṇa-ambujam — on the lotus feet; yata-vāk — maintaining silence; mātṛbhiḥ — by her mothers; sārdham — accompanied; sakhībhiḥ — by her female companions; parivāritā — surrounded; guptā — guarded; rāja — of the King; bhaṭaiḥ — by soldiers; śūraiḥ — valiant; sannaddhaiḥ — armed and ready; udyata — upraised; āyudhaiḥ — with weapons; mṛdańga-śańkha-paṇavāḥ — clay drums, conchshells and side drums; tūrya — wind instruments; bheryaḥ — horns; ca — and; jaghnire — played.

TRANSLATION

Rukmiṇī silently went out on foot to see the lotus feet of the deity Bhavānī. Accompanied by her mothers and girlfriends and protected by the King's valiant soldiers, who held their upraised weapons at the ready, she simply absorbed her mind in the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. And all the while mṛdańgas, conchshells, paṇavas, horns and other instruments resounded.

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