| Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 60: Lord Krsna Teases Queen Rukmini. |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.60.1
SYNONYMS
sri-badarayanih -- Sukadeva Gosvami, the son of Badarayana Vedavyasa; uvaca -- said; karhicit -- on one occasion; sukham -- comfortably; asinam -- sitting; sva -- on her; talpa -- bed; stham -- situated; jagat -- of the universe; gurum -- the spiritual master; patim -- her husband; paryacarat -- served; bhaismi -- Rukmini; vyajanena -- by fanning; sakhi-janaih -- together with her female companions.
TRANSLATION
Sri Badarayani said: Once, in the company of her maidservants, Queen Rukmini was personally serving her husband, the spiritual master of the universe, by fanning Him as He relaxed on her bed.
PURPORT
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti poetically notes that in this chapter Rukminidevi is like fragrant camphor crushed on the grinding stone of Lord Krsna's speech. In other words, the lovely, chaste qualities of Rukmini will become manifest as a result of Lord Krsna's apparently insensitive words, just as camphor's fragrance becomes manifest when granules of camphor are crushed by a grinding stone. The acarya further points out that Rukmini is personally serving the Lord because He is jagad-gurum, the spiritual master of the universe, and patim, her husband.
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