pūrve - previously; yena - as; kṛṣṇa - Lord Kṛṣṇa; yadi - when; parihāsa kaila - play a joke; śuni' - hearing; rukmiṇīra mane - in the mind of Rukmiṇīdevī; trāsa - fear; upajila - arose.

Previously, in kṛṣṇa-līlā, when Lord Kṛṣṇa joked with Rukmiṇīdevī, she took His words seriously, and fear awoke within her mind.