rājyasya bhūmer vittasya
striyo mānasya tejasaḥ
mānino 'nyasya vā hetoḥ
śrī-madāndhāḥ kṣipanti hi
rajyasya -- of kingdom; bhumeh -- of land; vittasya -- of wealth; striyah -- of a woman; manasya -- of honor; tejasah -- of power; maninah -- those who are proud; anyasya -- of something else; va -- or; hetoh -- for the reason; sri -- in their opulence; mada -- by their intoxication; andhah -- blinded; kshipanti -- they commit insult; hi -- indeed.
[Again Balarama addressed Krishna:] Blinded by conceit with their personal opulences, proud men offend others for the sake of such things as kingdom, land, wealth, women, honor and power.
Lord Krishna was originally meant to marry Rukmini. All along this was the best arrangement for all concerned, and yet from the beginning Rukmi had maliciously opposed this beautiful arrangement. When his sister's desire was finally fulfilled and she was taken by Krishna, he viciously attacked the Lord with vulgar insults and mortal weapons. In return Lord Krishna tied him up and partially clipped his hair and mustache. While certainly humiliating for a puffed-up prince like Rukmi, his punishment was a mere slap on the wrist, considering what he had done.
