Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /381

14
 
RY OF CULTURE
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
SL
 
really indifferent to wife as well as home

we remain full with self-realisation, and,

like the on-looking light, ourselves

devoid of any action."
 
JAN
201
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
मित्रान
 

 
एतावदुक्त्वा भगवान् आत्मानं वल्लभामिव ।

मन्यमानामविश्लेषात्तद्दर्पघ्न उपारमत् ॥
 

Having said this much to Rukmini who

was, on account of the absence of
the

separation, regarding herself as
the
dearest of the Lord, the Lord, who desired

to put an end to her pride, became silent.
 

 
इति त्रिलोकेशपतेस्तदात्मनः

प्रियस्य देव्यश्रुतपूर्वमप्रियम् ।

आश्रुत्य भीता हृदि जातवेपथुः

चिन्तां दुरन्तां रुदती जगाम ह ॥
 
the
 

Hearing such unpleasant words,
for the
first time, from her beloved husband who

was the Lord and Master of the three

worlds, Rukmini became afraid in her

heart, shuddered, wept and plunged into

deep thought.