Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.001
Speaker: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
karhicit sukham āsīnaṃ sva-talpa-sthaṃ jagad-gurum / patiṃ paryacarad bhaiṣmī vyajanena sakhī-janaiḥ
English translation
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Once, while the teacher of the universe sat comfortably upon His bed, Bhīṣmaka's daughter attended her husband with a fan, surrounded by her companions.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.002
yas tv etal līlayā viśvaṃ sṛjaty atty avatīśvaraḥ / sa hi jātaḥ sva-setūnāṃ gopīthāya yaduṣv ajaḥ
English translation
The unborn Lord, who playfully creates, consumes, and protects this universe, had appeared among the Yadus to guard the sacred principles He Himself established.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.003
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
tasmin antar-gṛhe bhrājan-muktā-dāma-vilambinā / virājite vitānena dīpair maṇi-mayair api
English translation
In that inner chamber, a canopy hung with shining strings of pearls and lamps made of jewels glowed splendidly.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.004
mallikā-dāmabhiḥ puṣpair dvirepha-kula-nādite / jāla-randhra-praviṣṭaiś ca gobhiś candramaso 'malaiḥ
English translation
Garlands of jasmine filled it with flowers and the humming of swarms of bees, while pure moonbeams entered through the lattice openings.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.005
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
pārijāta-vanāmoda-vāyunodyāna-śālinā / dhūpair aguru-jai rājan jāla-randhra-vinirgataiḥ
English translation
The garden was lovely with breezes bearing the fragrance of the pārijāta grove, O King, and aloe incense drifted out through the lattice openings.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.006
payaḥ-phena-nibhe śubhre paryaṅke kaśipūttame / upatasthe sukhāsīnaṃ jagatām īśvaraṃ patim
English translation
Upon a pure white couch resembling milk foam, furnished with the finest cushions, she served her husband, Lord of all worlds, as He sat at ease.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.007
vāla-vyajanam ādāya ratna-daṇḍaṃ sakhī-karāt / tena vījayatī devī upāsāṃ cakra īśvaram
English translation
Taking from a companion's hand a yak-tail fan with a jeweled handle, the goddess stood near the Lord and fanned Him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.008*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
sopācyutaṃ kvaṇayatī maṇi-nūpurābhyāṃ / reje 'ṅgulīya-valaya-vyajanāgra-hastā vastrānta-gūḍha-kuca-kuṅkuma-śoṇa-hāra- / bhāsā nitamba-dhṛtayā ca parārdhya-kāñcyā
English translation
As she served Acyuta, her jeweled anklets chimed. Rings and bracelets adorned the hand holding the fan; the radiance of her necklace was reddened by the kuṅkuma upon breasts concealed beneath her garment, and a priceless girdle adorned her hips.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.009*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
tāṃ rūpiṇīṃ śriyam ananya-gatiṃ nirīkṣya / yā līlayā dhṛta-tanor anurūpa-rūpā / prītaḥ smayann alaka-kuṇḍala-niṣka-kaṇṭha- / vaktrollasat-smita-sudhāṃ harir ābabhāṣe
English translation
Seeing her, Śrī embodied, exclusively devoted to Him and perfectly matched to His pastime form, Hari became pleased and smiled. Her face, framed by locks, earrings, and a golden necklace, shone with the nectar of her smile. He addressed her.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.010
Speaker: śrī-bhagavān uvāca
rāja-putrīpsitā bhūpair loka-pāla-vibhūtibhiḥ / mahānubhāvaiḥ śrīmadbhī rūpaudārya-balorjitaiḥ
English translation
The Supreme Lord said: Princess, powerful and glorious kings endowed with the opulence of world rulers, beauty, generosity, and strength desired you.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.011
tān prāptān arthino hitvā caidyādīn smara-durmadān / dattā bhrātrā sva-pitrā ca kasmān no vavṛṣe 'samān
English translation
Rejecting those suitors, Caidya and the others maddened by desire, and although your father and brother had offered you to them, why did you choose Us, who are unequal to you?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.012
rājabhyo bibhyataḥ su-bhru samudraṃ śaraṇaṃ gatān / balavadbhiḥ kṛta-dveṣān prāyas tyakta-nṛpāsanān
English translation
Beautiful-browed one, We fled to the ocean from fear of kings, earned the enmity of the powerful, and have almost abandoned the royal throne.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.013
aspaṣṭa-vartmanām puṃsām aloka-patham īyuṣām / āsthitāḥ padavīṃ su-bhru prāyaḥ sīdanti yoṣitaḥ
English translation
Women who follow men whose path is obscure and who travel beyond the way of society generally come to grief, beautiful-browed one.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.014
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
niṣkiñcanā vayaṃ śaśvan niṣkiñcana-jana-priyāḥ / tasmāt prāyeṇa na hy āḍhyā māṃ bhajanti su-madhyame
English translation
We possess nothing and are always dear to those who possess nothing. Therefore the wealthy generally do not worship Me, slender-waisted one.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.015
yayor ātma-samaṃ vittaṃ janmaiśvaryākṛtir bhavaḥ / tayor vivāho maitrī ca nottamādhamayoḥ kvacit
English translation
Marriage and friendship properly occur between two people equal in wealth, birth, sovereignty, appearance, and prospects, never between superior and inferior.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.016
vaidarbhy etad avijñāya tvayādīrgha-samīkṣayā / vṛtā vayaṃ guṇair hīnā bhikṣubhiḥ ślāghitā mudhā
English translation
Princess of Vidarbha, not understanding this and being shortsighted, you chose Us, devoid of good qualities and vainly praised by beggars.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.017
athātmano 'nurūpaṃ vai bhajasva kṣatriyarṣabham / yena tvam āśiṣaḥ satyā ihāmutra ca lapsyase
English translation
Therefore choose a foremost kṣatriya suited to you, through whom you may obtain true blessings in this life and the next.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.018
caidya-śālva-jarāsandha dantavakrādayo nṛpāḥ / mama dviṣanti vāmoru rukmī cāpi tavāgrajaḥ
English translation
Caidya, Śālva, Jarāsandha, Dantavakra, and other kings hate Me, as does your elder brother Rukmī, lovely-thighed one.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.019
teṣāṃ vīrya-madāndhānāṃ dṛptānāṃ smaya-nuttaye / ānitāsi mayā bhadre tejopaharatāsatām
English translation
Good lady, I carried you away to humble those proud men, blinded by confidence in their power, for I deprive the wicked of their splendor.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.020
udāsīnā vayaṃ nūnaṃ na stry-apatyārtha-kāmukāḥ / ātma-labdhyāsmahe pūrṇā gehayor jyotir-akriyāḥ
English translation
We are truly indifferent, not eager for wives, children, or wealth. Complete in realization of the Self, We remain detached from body and home like a light that neither acts nor belongs to one place.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.021
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
etāvad uktvā bhagavān ātmānaṃ vallabhām iva / manyamānām aviśleṣāt tad-darpa-ghna upāramat
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Having spoken this much, the Supreme Lord stopped. Rukmiṇī had thought herself uniquely beloved because He never left her, and He wished to destroy that pride.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.022
iti trilokeśa-pates tadātmanaḥ priyasya devy aśruta-pūrvam apriyam / āśrutya bhītā hṛdi jāta-vepathuś cintāṃ durantāṃ rudatī jagāma ha
English translation
Hearing from her beloved, the Lord of the three worlds and her very Self, words so unpleasant that she had never heard before, the frightened goddess trembled in her heart, wept, and fell into unbearable anxiety.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.023
padā su-jātena nakhāruṇa-śrīyā bhuvaṃ likhanty aśrubhir añjanāsitaiḥ / āsiñcatī kuṅkuma-rūṣitau stanau tasthāv adho-mukhy ati-duḥkha-ruddha-vāk
English translation
With the red beauty of her toenail she scratched the ground. Her tears, darkened by collyrium, drenched her breasts stained with kuṅkuma. Face lowered and speech choked by extreme sorrow, she stood silent.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.024*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
tasyāḥ su-duḥkha-bhaya-śoka-vinaṣṭa-buddher / hastāc chlathad-valayato vyajanaṃ papāta dehaś ca viklava-dhiyaḥ sahasaiva muhyan / rambheva vāyu-vihato pravikīrya keśān
English translation
Her intelligence destroyed by intense sorrow, fear, and grief, the fan slipped from her hand as her bracelets loosened. Her mind overwhelmed, her body suddenly fainted and fell, her hair scattering, like a plantain tree struck by wind.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.025
tad dṛṣṭvā bhagavān kṛṣṇaḥ priyāyāḥ prema-bandhanam / hāsya-prauḍhim ajānantyāḥ karuṇaḥ so 'nvakampata
English translation
Seeing this bond of His beloved's love, and realizing that she had not understood the boldness of His joke, compassionate Kṛṣṇa felt deep sympathy.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.026
paryaṅkād avaruhyāśu tām utthāpya catur-bhujaḥ / keśān samuhya tad-vaktraṃ prāmṛjat padma-pāṇinā
English translation
Quickly descending from the bed, the four-armed Lord lifted her, gathered her hair, and wiped her face with His lotus hand.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.027
pramṛjyāśru-kale netre stanau copahatau śucā / āśliṣya bāhunā rājan ananya-viṣayāṃ satīm
English translation
O King, He wiped her tear-filled eyes and her breasts wet with grief, then embraced with His arm that virtuous woman exclusively devoted to Him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.028
sāntvayām āsa sāntva-jñaḥ kṛpayā kṛpaṇāṃ prabhuḥ / hāsya-prauḍhi-bhramac-cittām atad-arhāṃ satāṃ gatiḥ
English translation
The Lord, master of consolation and refuge of the virtuous, mercifully soothed the pitiable woman, whose mind had been confused by His bold joking although she did not deserve such pain.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.029
Speaker: śrī-bhagavān uvāca
mā mā vaidarbhy asūyethā jāne tvāṃ mat-parāyaṇām / tvad-vacaḥ śrotu-kāmena kṣvelyācaritam aṅgane
English translation
The Supreme Lord said: Do not be displeased with Me, princess of Vidarbha. I know you are wholly devoted to Me. I spoke in jest because I wished to hear your reply, dear lady,
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.030
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
mukhaṃ ca prema-saṃrambha-sphuritādharam īkṣitum / kaṭā-kṣepāruṇāpāṅgaṃ sundara-bhru-kuṭī-taṭam
English translation
and to behold your face, its lips trembling with the agitation of love, its sidelong eyes reddened by your glance, and its beautiful brows drawn together.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.031
ayaṃ hi paramo lābho gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām / yan narmair īyate yāmaḥ priyayā bhīru bhāmini
English translation
For householders this is indeed the highest gain: that the passing hours are spent joking with one's beloved wife, O timid and radiant lady.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.032
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
saivaṃ bhagavatā rājan vaidarbhī parisāntvitā / jñātvā tat-parihāsoktiṃ priya-tyāga-bhayaṃ jahau
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Thus fully consoled by the Supreme Lord, the princess of Vidarbha understood His words as a joke and abandoned her fear that her beloved would reject her.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.033
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
babhāṣa ṛṣabhaṃ puṃsāṃ vīkṣantī bhagavan-mukham / sa-vrīḍa-hāsa-rucira-snigdhāpāṅgena bhārata
English translation
O descendant of Bharata, she addressed the foremost of men while gazing at the Lord's face with an affectionate sidelong glance made lovely by her bashful smile.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.034
Speaker: śrī-rukmiṇy uvāca
nanv evam etad aravinda-vilocanāha yad vai bhavān bhagavato 'sadṛśī vibhūmnaḥ / kva sve mahimny abhirato bhagavāṃs try-adhīśaḥ kvāhaṃ guṇa-prakṛtir ajña-gṛhīta-pādā
English translation
Śrī Rukmiṇī said: Lotus-eyed Lord, what You said is indeed true: I am unlike the infinitely glorious Supreme Lord. You delight in Your own majesty as master of the three, whereas I am material nature composed of qualities, whose feet the ignorant grasp.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.035*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
satyaṃ bhayād iva guṇebhya urukramāntaḥ / śete samudra upalambhana-mātra ātmā nityaṃ kad-indriya-gaṇaiḥ kṛta-vigrahas tvaṃ / tvat-sevakair nṛpa-padaṃ vidhutaṃ tamo 'ndham
English translation
It is true that, as if fearing the qualities, You dwell within the ocean of consciousness as the Self known only through realization. You are eternally at war with the corrupt senses, and Your servants cast away the kingly station, which is blind darkness.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.036*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
tvat-pāda-padma-makaranda-juṣāṃ munīnāṃ / vartmāsphuṭaṃ nṛ-paśubhir nanu durvibhāvyam / yasmād alaukikam ivehitam īśvarasya / bhūmaṃs tavehitam atho anu ye bhavantam
English translation
The path of sages who savor the nectar of Your lotus feet is obscure and difficult for men who live like animals to comprehend. Therefore, infinite Lord, Your own activity and that of those who follow You appears beyond this world.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.037*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
niṣkiñcano nanu bhavān na yato 'sti kiñcid / yasmai baliṃ bali-bhujo 'pi haranty ajādyāḥ / na tvā vidanty asu-tṛpo 'ntakam āḍhyatāndhāḥ / preṣṭho bhavān bali-bhujām api te 'pi tubhyam
English translation
You indeed possess nothing, because nothing exists apart from You. Even Brahmā and the other recipients of sacrifice bring offerings to You. Those blinded by wealth, who merely satisfy their life breath, do not know You as death. You are dear to the worshipful gods, and they are dear to You.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.038*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
tvaṃ vai samasta-puruṣārtha-mayaḥ phalātmā / yad-vāñchayā su-matayo visṛjanti kṛtsnam / teṣāṃ vibho samucito bhavataḥ samājaḥ / puṃsaḥ striyāś ca ratayoḥ sukha-duḥkhinor na
English translation
You embody every goal of human life and are the very fruit for whose sake the wise renounce everything. Their association with You is fitting, all-powerful Lord, not that of a man and woman bound to mutual pleasure and pain.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.039*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
tvaṃ nyasta-daṇḍa-munibhir gaditānubhāva / ātmātma-daś ca jagatām iti me vṛto 'si / hitvā bhavad-bhruva udīrita-kāla-vega- / dhvastāśiṣo 'bja-bhava-nāka-patīn kuto 'nye
English translation
Sages who have laid down punishment proclaim Your glory as the Self who gives Himself to all worlds. Therefore I chose You, rejecting lotus-born Brahmā and the rulers of heaven, whose blessings are destroyed by the current of time sent forth from Your brow. What need be said of others?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.040*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
jāḍyaṃ vacas tava gadāgraja yas tu bhūpān / vidrāvya śārṅga-ninadena jahartha māṃ tvam / siṃho yathā sva-balim īśa paśūn sva-bhāgaṃ / tebhyo bhayād yad udadhiṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannaḥ
English translation
Your claim of fear is foolish, Gadāgraja, for You scattered the kings with the sound of Śārṅga and carried me away as a lion takes its rightful prey from beasts. Can it be that You sought refuge in the ocean because You feared those kings?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.041*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
yad-vāñchayā nṛpa-śikhāmaṇayo 'ṅga-vainya- / jāyanta-nāhuṣa-gayādaya aikya-patyam / rājyaṃ visṛjya viviśur vanam ambujākṣa / sīdanti te 'nupadavīṃ ta ihāsthitāḥ kim
English translation
Desiring You, foremost kings such as Aṅga, Vainya, Jāyanta, Nāhuṣa, and Gaya abandoned undivided sovereignty and entered the forest, lotus-eyed Lord. Did they suffer because they followed Your path in this world?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.042*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
kānyaṃ śrayeta tava pāda-saroja-gandham / āghrāya san-mukharitaṃ janatāpavargam / lakṣmy-ālayaṃ tv avigaṇayya guṇālayasya / martyā sadoru-bhayam artha-vivikta-dṛṣṭiḥ
English translation
What mortal woman with discerning vision, after smelling the fragrance of Your lotus feet celebrated by saints and granting liberation from worldly existence, would disregard You, the abode of Lakṣmī and all virtues, and take shelter of another man, who is always subject to fear?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.043*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
taṃ tvānurūpam abhajaṃ jagatām adhīśam / ātmānam atra ca paratra ca kāma-pūram & / syān me tavāṅghrir araṇaṃ sṛtibhir bhramantyā / yo vai bhajantam upayāty anṛtāpavargaḥ
English translation
I chose You as the husband suited to me, the Lord and Self of all worlds who fulfills desire here and hereafter. May Your feet be the refuge of me as I wander through births, for those feet approach the worshiper and grant freedom from untruth.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.044*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
tasyāḥ syur acyuta nṛpā bhavatopadiṣṭāḥ / strīṇāṃ gṛheṣu khara-go-śva-viḍāla-bhṛtyāḥ / yat-karṇa-mūlam ari-karṣaṇa nopayāyād / yuṣmat-kathā mṛḍa-viriñca-sabhāsu gītā
English translation
Acyuta, the kings You recommended may become husbands of women whose homes contain servants like asses, oxen, dogs, and cats, and whose ears, O subduer of enemies, have never received Your narrations sung in the assemblies of Śiva and Brahmā.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.045*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
tvak-śmaśru-roma-nakha-keśa-pinaddham antar / māṃsāsthi-rakta-kṛmi-viṭ-kapha-pitta-vātam & / jīvac-chavaṃ bhajati kānta-matir vimūḍhā / yā te padābja-makarandam ajighratī strī
English translation
A foolish woman who has never smelled the honey of Your lotus feet regards as her beloved a living corpse, covered by skin, beard, hair, nails, and body hair and filled within with flesh, bone, blood, worms, stool, mucus, bile, and air.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.046*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
astv ambujākṣa mama te caraṇānurāga / ātman ratasya mayi cānatirikta-dṛṣṭeḥ & / yarhy asya vṛddhaya upātta-rajo-'ti-mātro / mām īkṣase tad u ha naḥ paramānukampā
English translation
Lotus-eyed Lord, let me remain attached to Your feet. You delight in the Self and do not regard me as separate. When, to foster the universe, You assume an abundance of passion and look upon me, that is Your supreme compassion toward us.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.047
naivālīkam ahaṃ manye vacas te madhusūdana / ambāyā eva hi prāyaḥ kanyāyāḥ syād ratiḥ kvacit
English translation
Madhusūdana, I do not consider Your words false, for a maiden's affection indeed generally arises somewhere according to her mother's direction.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.048
vyūḍhāyāś cāpi puṃścalyā mano 'bhyeti navaṃ navam / budho 'satīṃ na bibhṛyāt tāṃ bibhrad ubhaya-cyutaḥ
English translation
Even after marriage an unchaste woman's mind runs toward man after man. A wise man should not maintain such a woman, for by doing so both lose their welfare.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.049
Speaker: śrī-bhagavān uvāca
sādhvy etac-chrotu-kāmais tvaṃ rāja-putrī pralambhitā / mayoditaṃ yad anvāttha sarvaṃ tat satyam eva hi
English translation
The Supreme Lord said: Virtuous princess, I deceived you because I wished to hear this reply. Everything you have said in response to My words is entirely true.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.050
yān yān kāmayase kāmān mayy akāmāya bhāmini / santi hy ekānta-bhaktāyās tava kalyāṇi nityada
English translation
Radiant and auspicious lady, whatever desires you may place in Me, who am without material desire, are eternally fulfilled because you are exclusively devoted to Me.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.051
upalabdhaṃ pati-prema pāti-vratyaṃ ca te 'naghe / yad vākyaiś cālyamānāyā na dhīr mayy apakarṣitā
English translation
Sinless one, I have perceived your love for your husband and your fidelity: even when shaken by My words, your intelligence was not drawn away from Me.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.052
ye māṃ bhajanti dāmpatye tapasā vrata-caryayā / kāmātmāno 'pavargeśaṃ mohitā mama māyayā
English translation
Those who worship Me, Lord of liberation, through married life, austerity, and vows while their hearts remain fixed on desire are bewildered by My māyā.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.053*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
māṃ prāpya māniny apavarga-sampadaṃ / vāñchanti ye sampada eva tat-patim te manda-bhāgā niraye 'pi ye nṛṇāṃ / mātrātmakatvāt nirayaḥ su-saṅgamaḥ
English translation
Proud lady, those who attain Me, the treasure of liberation, yet desire only material prosperity from its Lord are unfortunate. Even in hell such pleasures are available, for hell offers fitting union to those absorbed in bodily sensation.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.054
diṣṭyā gṛheśvary asakṛn mayi tvayā kṛtānuvṛttir bhava-mocanī khalaiḥ / su-duṣkarāsau sutarāṃ durāśiṣo hy asuṃ-bharāyā nikṛtiṃ juṣaḥ striyāḥ
English translation
Fortunately, mistress of the house, you have repeatedly served Me in a way that frees one from becoming, a service exceedingly difficult for wicked women who nourish only life, seek wretched blessings, and practice deceit.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.055*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
na tvādṛśīm praṇayinīṃ gṛhiṇīṃ gṛheṣu / paśyāmi mānini yayā sva-vivāha-kāle prāptān nṛpān na vigaṇayya raho-haro me / prasthāpito dvija upaśruta-sat-kathasya
English translation
Proud lady, among householders I see no other loving wife like you. At the time of your marriage you disregarded all the arriving kings and secretly sent a brāhmaṇa to Me because you had heard true accounts of Me.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.056*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
bhrātur virūpa-karaṇaṃ yudhi nirjitasya / prodvāha-parvaṇi ca tad-vadham akṣa-goṣṭhyām / duḥkhaṃ samuttham asaho 'smad-ayoga-bhītyā / naivābravīḥ kim api tena vayaṃ jitās te
English translation
You endured your brother's disfigurement after his defeat in battle and later his death at the wedding celebration during the dice match. Fearing separation from Us, you said nothing of the grief that arose. By that restraint you conquered Us.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.057*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
dūtas tvayātma-labhane su-vivikta-mantraḥ / prasthāpito mayi cirāyati śūnyam etat / matvā jihāsa idam aṅgam ananya-yogyaṃ / tiṣṭheta tat tvayi vayaṃ pratinandayāmaḥ
English translation
To obtain Me you sent a messenger with a most confidential plan, and when I delayed you judged this world empty and intended to abandon your body, fit for no one else. May such devotion always remain in you; We rejoice in it.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.058
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
evaṃ saurata-saṃlāpair bhagavān jagad-īśvaraḥ / sva-rato ramayā reme nara-lokaṃ viḍambayan
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Thus the Supreme Lord and ruler of the universe, delighting in Himself, enjoyed with Ramā through intimate conversation, imitating the ways of human society.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.60.059
tathānyāsām api vibhur gṛhesu gṛhavān iva / āsthito gṛha-medhīyān dharmān loka-gurur hariḥ
English translation
In the same way mighty Hari, teacher of the world, dwelt in the homes of His other wives like an ordinary householder and performed the duties of family life.