Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 60: Lord Kṛṣṇa Teases Queen Rukmiṇī.

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.60.11

tān prāptān arthino hitvā

caidyādīn smara-durmadān

dattā bhrātrā sva-pitrā ca

kasmān no vavṛṣe 'samān

SYNONYMS

tān — them; prāptān — at hand; arthinaḥ — suitors; hitvā — rejecting; caidyaŚiśupāla; ādīn — and others; smara — by Cupid; darmadān — maddened; dattā — given; bhrātrā — by your brother; sva — your; pitrā — father; ca — and; kasmāt — why; naḥ — Us; vavṛṣe — you chose; asamān — unequal.

TRANSLATION

Since your brother and father offered you to them, why did you reject the King of Cedi and all those other suitors, who stood before you, maddened by Cupid? Why, instead, did you choose Us, who are not at all your equal?

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