naivālīkam ahaḿ manye
vacas te madhusūdana
ambāyā eva hi prāyaḥ
kanyāyāḥ syād ratiḥ kvacit
na -- not; eva -- indeed; alikam -- false; aham -- I; manye -- think; vacah -- words; te -- Your; madhu-sudana -- O killer of Madhu; ambayah -- of Amba; eva hi -- certainly; prayah -- generally; kanyayah -- the maiden; syat -- arose; ratih -- attraction (to Salva); kvacit -- once.
Actually, I don't consider Your words false, Madhusudana. Quite often an unmarried girl is attracted to a man, as in the case of Amba.
Having refuted everything Lord Krishna said, Srimati Rukmini, in a gracious frame of mind, now praises the truthfulness of His statements. In other words, she accepts that Lord Krishna used her as an example to elucidate ordinary female psychology. The King of Kasi had three daughters -- Amba, Ambalika and Ambika -- and Amba was attracted to Salva. This story is narrated in the Mahabharata.
