Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.60.58

śrī-śuka uvāca

evaḿ saurata-saḿlāpair

bhagavān jagad-īśvaraḥ

sva-rato ramayā reme

nara-lokaḿ viḍambayan

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam — in this way; saurata — conjugal; saḿlāpaiḥ — by conversations; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; jagat — of the universe; īśvaraḥ — the master; sva — in Himself; rataḥ — taking pleasure; ramayā — with Ramā, the goddess of fortune (that is, with Queen Rukmiṇī); reme — He enjoyed; nara-lokam — the world of humans; viḍambayan — imitating.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: And so the self-satisfied Supreme Lord of the universe enjoyed with the goddess of fortune, engaging her in lovers' talks and thus imitating the ways of human society.

PURPORT

The word viḍambayan means "imitating" and also "ridiculing." The Lord acted like a husband of this world, but His pastimes are transcendental and expose the perverted nature of mundane activities aimed at bodily sense gratification.

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