tasyÄḥ su-duḥkha-bhaya-Å›oka-vinaá¹£á¹a-buddher
hastÄc chlathad-valayato vyajanaá¹ papÄta
dehaś ca viklava-dhiyaḥ sahasaiva muhyan
rambheva vÄyu-vihato pravikÄ«rya keÅ›Än
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taá¹£yÄḥ - her; su-duḥkha - by the great unhappiness; bhaya - fear; Å›oka - and remorse; vinaá¹£á¹a - spoiled; buddheḥ - whose intelligence; hastÄt - from the hand; Å›lathat - slipping; valayataḥ - whose bangles; vyajanam - the fan; papÄta - fell; dehaḥ - her body; ca - also; viklava - disrupted; dhiyaḥ - whose mind; sahasÄ eva - suddenly; muhyan - fainting; rambhÄ - a plantain tree; iva - as if; vÄyu - by the wind; vihataḥ - blown down; pravikÄ«rya - scattering; keÅ›Än - her hair.
Rukmiṇī’s mind was overwhelmed with unhappiness, fear and grief. Her bangles slipped from her hand, and her fan fell to the ground. In her bewilderment she suddenly fainted, her hair scattering all about as her body fell to the ground like a plantain tree blown over by the wind.
Shocked by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s words, Rukmiṇī could not understand that the Lord was only teasing, and thus she displayed these ecstatic symptoms of grief, which ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« characterizes as sÄttvika ecstasies ranging from “becoming stunned†to “dissolution.â€
