tvaḿ vai samasta-puruṣārtha-mayaḥ phalātmā
yad-vāñchayā su-matayo visṛjanti kṛtsnam
teṣāḿ vibho samucito bhavataḥ samājaḥ
puḿsaḥ striyāś ca ratayoḥ sukha-duḥkhinor na
tvam -- You; vai -- indeed; samasta -- all; purusha -- of human life; artha -- of the goals; mayah -- comprising; phala -- of the ultimate goal; atma -- the very Self; yat -- for whom; vanchaya -- out of desire; su-matayah -- intelligent persons; visrijanti -- discard; kritsnam -- everything; tesham -- for them; vibho -- O omnipotent one; samucitah -- appropriate; bhavatah -- Your; samajah -- association; pumsah -- of a man; striyah -- and a women; ca -- and; ratayoh -- who are attracted to each other in mutual lust; sukha-duhkhinoh -- who experience material happiness and distress; na -- not.
Here Queen Rukmini refutes Lord Krishna's statement in Text 15:
yayor atma-samam vittam
janmaisvaryakritir bhavah
tayor vivaho maitri ca
nottamadhamayoh kvacit
"Marriage and friendship are proper between two people who are equal in terms of their wealth, birth, influence, physical appearance and capacity for good progeny, but never between a superior and an inferior." In fact, only those who have given up all such material conceptions of sense gratification and have taken exclusively to the Lord's loving service can understand who their real friend and companion is -- Lord Sri Krishna Himself.