śrī-rukmiṇī uvāca - Śrī Rukmiṇī said; caidyāya - to Śiśupāla; mā - me; arpayitum - in order to offer; udyata - holding at the ready; kārmukeṣu - whose bows; rājasu - when the kings; ajeya - invincible; bhaṭa - of soldiers; śekharita - placed upon the heads; aṅghri - of whose feet; reṇuḥ - the dust; ninye - He took away; mṛgendraḥ - a lion; iva - as if; bhāgam - his share; aja - of goats; avi - and sheep; yūthāt - from a group; tat - of Him; śrī - of the supreme goddess of fortune; niketa - who is the abode; caraṇaḥ - the feet; astu - may be; mama - my; arcanāya - for the worship.

Śrī Rukmiṇī said: When all the kings held their bows at the ready to assure that I would be presented to Śiśupāla, He who puts the dust of His feet on the heads of invincible warriors took me from their midst, as a lion forcibly takes his prey from the midst of goats and sheep. May I always be allowed to worship those feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the abode of Goddess Śrī.