adyÄhaá¹ niÅ›itair bÄṇair
gopÄlasya su-durmateḥ
neṣye vīrya-madaṠyena
svasÄ me prasabhaá¹ há¹›tÄ
adya - today; aham - I; niÅ›itaiḥ - sharp; bÄṇaiḥ - with my arrows; gopÄlasya - of the cowherd; su-durmateḥ - whose mentality is most wicked; neá¹£ye - I will remove; vÄ«rya - in His power; madam - the intoxicated pride; yena - by which; svasÄ - sister; me - my; prasabham - violently; há¹›tÄ - abducted.
“This wicked-minded cowherd boy, infatuated with His prowess, has violently abducted my sister. But today I will remove His pride with my sharp arrows.â€
ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« explains that gopÄlasya actually means “of the protector of the Vedas,†while durmateḥ means “of Him whose beautiful mind is compassionate even toward the wicked.†ŚrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« adds that the real meaning of what RukmÄ« said is that today, fighting with Lord Kṛṣṇa, RukmÄ« would relieve himself of his pretensions to being a great hero.
