Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.60.41

yad-vāñchayā nṛpa-śikhāmaṇayo 'nga-vainya-

jāyanta-nāhuṣa-gayādaya aikya-patyam

rājyaḿ visṛjya viviśur vanam ambujākṣa

sīdanti te 'nupadavīḿ ta ihāsthitāḥ kim

SYNONYMS

yat — for whom; vāñchayā — out of desire; nṛpa — of kings; śikhāmaṇayaḥ — the crown jewels; ańga-vainya-jāyanta-nāhuṣa-gaya-ādayaḥ — Ańga (the father of Vena), Vainya (Pṛthu, the son of Vena), Jāyanta (Bharata), Nāhuṣa (Yayāti), Gaya and others; aikya — exclusive; patyam — having sovereignty; rājyam — their kingdoms; visṛjya — abandoning; viviśuḥ — entered; vanam — the forest; ambuja-akṣa — O lotus-eyed one; sīdanti — suffer frustration; te — Your; anupadavīm — on the path; te — they; iha — in this world; āsthitāḥ — fixed; kim — whether.

TRANSLATION

Wanting Your association, the best of kings — Ańga, Vainya, Jāyanta, Nāhuṣa, Gaya and others — abandoned their absolute sovereignty and entered the forest to seek You out. How could those kings suffer frustration in this world, O lotus-eyed one?

PURPORT

Here Queen Rukmiṇī refutes the ideas put forth by Lord Kṛṣṇa in Text 13. In fact Śrīmatī Rukmiṇī-devī repeats Lord Kṛṣṇa's own words. The Lord said, āsthitāḥ padavīḿ su-bhru prāyaḥ sīdanti yoṣitaḥ: "Women who follow My path generally suffer." Here Rukmiṇī-devī says, sīdanti te 'nupadavīḿ ta ihāsthitāḥ kim: "Why should those fixed on Your path suffer in this world?" She gives the example of many great kings who renounced their powerful sovereignty to enter the forest, where they performed austerities and worshiped the Lord, intensely desiring His transcendental association. Thus, according to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, Śrīmatī Rukmiṇī-devī here intends to tell Śrī Kṛṣṇa, "You have said that I, a king's daughter, am unintelligent and frustrated because I married You. But how can You accuse all these great enlightened kings of being unintelligent? They were the wisest of men, yet they gave up everything to follow You and were certainly not frustrated by the result. Indeed, they achieved the perfection of Your association."

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