Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
tayÄ paritrÄsa-vikampitÄá¹…gayÄ
Å›ucÄvaÅ›uá¹£yan-mukha-ruddha-kaṇá¹hayÄ
kÄtarya-visraá¹sita-hema-mÄlayÄ
gá¹›hÄ«ta-pÄdaḥ karuṇo nyavartata
Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; tayÄ - by her; paritrÄsa - in total fear; vikampita - trembling; aá¹…gayÄ - whose limbs; Å›ucÄ - out of sorrow; avaÅ›uá¹£yat - drying up; mukha - whose mouth; ruddha - and choked; kaṇá¹hayÄ - whose throat; kÄtarya - in her agitation; visraá¹sita - disheveled; hema - golden; mÄlayÄ - whose necklace; gá¹›hÄ«ta - held; pÄdaḥ - His feet; karuṇaḥ - compassionate; nyavartata - He desisted.
Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: Rukmiṇī’s utter fear caused her limbs to tremble and her mouth to dry up, while her throat choked up out of sorrow. And in her agitation her golden necklace scattered. She grasped Kṛṣṇa’s feet, and the Lord, feeling compassionate, desisted.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« quotes the “worldly rule†that one’s sister is the personification of mercy: dayÄyÄ bhaginÄ« mÅ«rtiḥ. Even though RukmÄ« was wicked and was opposed to his sister’s best interest, Rukmiṇī was compassionate toward him, and the Lord shared her compassion.
