CC Antya 4.63
Bengali
যস্যাঙ্ঘ্রিপঙ্কজরজঃস্নপনং মহান্তো বাঞ্ছন্ত্যুমাপতিরিবাত্মতমোঽপহত্যৈ ।
যর্হ্যম্বুজাক্ষ ন লভেয় ভবৎপ্রসাদং জহ্যামসূন্ ব্রতকৃশাঞ্ছতজন্মভিঃ স্যাৎ ॥ ৬৩ ॥
যর্হ্যম্বুজাক্ষ ন লভেয় ভবৎপ্রসাদং জহ্যামসূন্ ব্রতকৃশাঞ্ছতজন্মভিঃ স্যাৎ ॥ ৬৩ ॥
Verse text
yasyāṅghri-paṅkaja-rajaḥ-snapanaṁ mahānto
vāñchanty umā-patir ivātma-tamo-’pahatyai
yarhy ambujākṣa na labheya bhavat-prasādaṁ
jahyām asūn vrata-kṛśāñ chata-janmabhiḥ syāt
vāñchanty umā-patir ivātma-tamo-’pahatyai
yarhy ambujākṣa na labheya bhavat-prasādaṁ
jahyām asūn vrata-kṛśāñ chata-janmabhiḥ syāt
Synonyms
yasya — whose; aṅghri — of feet; paṅkaja — lotus; rajaḥ — in the dust; snapanam — bathing; mahāntaḥ — great personalities; vāñchanti — desire; umā-patiḥ — Lord Śiva; iva — like; ātma — personal; tamaḥ — ignorance; apahatyai — to drive away; yarhi — when; ambuja-akṣa — O lotus-eyed one; na labheya — I do not get; bhavat-prasādam — Your mercy; jahyām — I shall give up; asūn — life; vrata-kṛśān — reduced by observing vows; śata-janmabhiḥ — by hundreds of births; syāt — if it is possible.
Translation
“ ‘O lotus-eyed one, great personalities like Lord Śiva desire to bathe in the dust of Your lotus feet to drive away ignorance. If I do not get the mercy of Your Lordship, I shall observe vows to reduce the duration of my life, and thus I shall give up bodies for hundreds of births if it is possible to get Your mercy in that way.’
Purport
This verse was spoken by Rukmiṇīdevī in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.52.43). Rukmiṇīdevī, the daughter of King Bhīṣmaka, had heard about Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental attributes, and thus she desired to get Kṛṣṇa as her husband. Unfortunately, her elder brother Rukmī was envious of Kṛṣṇa and therefore wanted her to be offered to Śiśupāla. When Rukmiṇī became aware of this, she was greatly aggrieved. Thus she wrote Kṛṣṇa a confidential letter, which was presented and read to Him by a brāhmaṇa messenger. This verse appeared in that letter.