Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.83.8

śrī-rukmiṇy uvāca

caidyāya mārpayitum udyata-kārmukeṣu

rājasv ajeya-bhaṭa-śekharitāńghri-reṇuḥ

ninye mṛgendra iva bhāgam ajāvi-yūthāt

tac-chrī-niketa-caraṇo 'stu mamārcanāya

SYNONYMS

śrī-rukmiṇī uvāca — Śrī Rukmiṇī said; caidyāya — to Śiśupāla; mā — me; arpayitum — in order to offer; udyata — holding at the ready; kārmukeṣu — whose bows; rājasu — when the kings; ajeya — invincible; bhaṭa — of soldiers; śekharita — placed upon the heads; ańghri — of whose feet; reṇuḥ — the dust; ninye — He took away; mṛgendraḥ — a lion; iva — as if; bhāgam — his share; aja — of goats; avi — and sheep; yūthāt — from a group; tat — of Him; śrī — of the supreme goddess of fortune; niketa — who is the abode; caraṇaḥ — the feet; astu — may be; mama — my; arcanāya — for the worship.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Rukmiṇī said: When all the kings held their bows at the ready to assure that I would be presented to Śiśupāla, He who puts the dust of His feet on the heads of invincible warriors took me from their midst, as a lion forcibly takes his prey from the midst of goats and sheep. May I always be allowed to worship those feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the abode of Goddess Śrī.

PURPORT

Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastime of kidnapping Rukmiṇī is narrated in detail in chapters 52 through 54 of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam's Tenth Canto.

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