pramṛjya - wiping; aśru-kale - filled with tears; netre - her eyes; stanau - her breasts; ca - and; upahatau - disarrayed; śucā - by her sorrowful tears; aśliṣya - embracing her; bāhunā - with His arm; rājan - O King (Parīkṣit); ananya - no other; viṣayām - whose object of desire; satīm - chaste; sāntvayām āsa - He consoled; sāntva - of ways of consoling; jñaḥ - the expert knower; kṛpayā - compassionately; kṛpaṇām - pitiable; prabhuḥ - the Supreme Lord; hāsya - of His joking; prauḍhi - by the cleverness; bhramat - becoming bewildered; cittām - whose mind; atat-arhām - not deserving that; satām - of pure devotees; gatiḥ - the goal.

Wiping her tear-filled eyes and her breasts, which were stained by tears of grief, the Supreme Lord, the goal of His devotees, embraced His chaste wife, who desired nothing but Him, O King. Expert in the art of pacification, Śrī Kṛṣṇa tenderly consoled pitiable Rukmiṇī, whose mind was bewildered by His clever joking and who did not deserve to suffer so.