tvat-pāda-padma-makaranda-juṣāḿ munīnāḿ
vartmāsphuṭaḿ nr-paśubhir nanu durvibhāvyam
yasmād alaukikam ivehitam īśvarasya
bhūmaḿs tavehitam atho anu ye bhavantam
tvat -- Your; pada -- of the feet; padma -- lotuslike; makaranda -- the honey; jusham -- who relish; muninam -- for sages; vartma -- (Your) path; asphutam -- not apparent; nri -- in human form; pasubhih -- by animals; nanu -- certainly, then; durvibhavyam -- impossible to comprehend; yasmat -- because; alaukikam -- supramundane; iva -- as if; ihitam -- the activities; isvarasya -- of the Supreme Lord; bhuman -- O all-powerful one; tava -- Your; ihitam -- activities; atha u -- therefore; anu -- following; ye -- who; bhavantam -- You.
Your movements, inscrutable even for sages who relish the honey of Your lotus feet, are certainly incomprehensible for human beings who behave like animals. And just as Your activities are transcendental, O all-powerful Lord, so too are those of Your followers.
Here Queen Rukmini replies to Lord Krishna's statement in Text 13:
aspashta-vartmanam pumsam
aloka-patham iyusham
asthitah padavim su-bhru
prayah sidanti yoshitah
"O fine-browed lady, women are usually destined to suffer when they stay with men whose behavior is uncertain and who pursue a path not approved by society."
In the present verse Rukmini is taking the term aloka-patham to mean "unworldly path." Those who are entangled in worldly behavior are trying to enjoy this world more or less like animals. Even if such people are "culturally advanced," they should simply be considered sophisticated or polished animals. Srimati Rukmini-devi points out that because the Lord's activities are always transcendental, they are aspashta, or "unclear," to ordinary people, and even the sages trying to know the Lord cannot perfectly understand these activities.
