Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.54.34

śrī-śuka uvāca

tayā paritrāsa-vikampitāńgayā

śucāvaśuṣyan-mukha-ruddha-kaṇṭhayā

kātarya-visraḿsita-hema-mālayā

gṛhīta-pādaḥ karuṇo nyavartata

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; tayā — by her; paritrāsa — in total fear; vikampita — trembling; ańgayā — whose limbs; śucā — out of sorrow; avaśuṣyat — drying up; mukha — whose mouth; ruddha — and choked; kaṇṭhayā — whose throat; kātarya — in her agitation; visraḿsita — disheveled; hema — golden; mālayā — whose necklace; gṛhīta — held; pādaḥ — His feet; karuṇaḥ — compassionate; nyavartata — He desisted.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Rukmiṇī's utter fear caused her limbs to tremble and her mouth to dry up, while her throat choked up out of sorrow. And in her agitation her golden necklace scattered. She grasped Kṛṣṇa's feet, and the Lord, feeling compassionate, desisted.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī quotes the "worldly rule" that one's sister is the personification of mercy: dayāyā bhaginī mūrtiḥ. Even though Rukmī was wicked and was opposed to his sister's best interest, Rukmiṇī was compassionate toward him, and the Lord shared her compassion.

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