Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca
mÄ mÄ vaidarbhy asÅ«yethÄ
jÄne tvÄá¹ mat-parÄyaṇÄm
tvad-vacaḥ Å›rotu-kÄmena
ká¹£velyÄcaritam aá¹…gane
Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca - the Supreme Lord said; mÄ - do not; mÄ - with Me; vaidarbhi - O VaidarbhÄ«; asÅ«yethÄḥ - be displeased; jÄne - I know; tvÄm - you; mat - to Me; parÄyaṇÄm - fully dedicated; tvat - your; vacaḥ - words; Å›rotu - to hear; kÄmena - desiring; ká¹£velyÄ - in jest; Äcaritam - acted; aá¹…gane - My dear lady.
The Supreme Lord said: O Vaidarbhī, do not be displeased with Me. I know that you are fully devoted to Me. I only spoke in jest, dear lady, because I wanted to hear what you would say.
According to ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ«, Lord Kṛṣṇa spoke the present verse because He thought that lovely Rukmiṇī might be afraid He would again say something to disturb her, or that she might be angry at what He had done.
