This is a response of Rukmiṇī to Kṛṣṇa’s statement in SB 10.60.16. You have said that you are praised only by beggars. But being praised by the beggar renunciates is most praiseworthy. That is explained in this verse by Rukmiṇī. Those who have become meek, renouncing the rod, are called bhikṣu. Your powers are praised by the bhikṣus. You are the soul of all beings, the most dear to all beings. Thus glorifying You is not useless. If you say that glorifying you is useless, that statement alone is useless. You give yourself (ātmada) to those in the universe who worship You. Knowing this, I have accepted You as my husband. You have said that I chose You out of ignorance. However, that statement shows that you do not know my knowledge. I have accepted you, rejecting Brahmā and others whose benedictions are destroyed by the force of time, which emanates from Your eyebrow—what to speak of rejecting the most inferior kings. You have said I am short-sighted. But you have said this, not knowing my foresight.

Rukmiṇī speaks this verse, exploring her own nature of “churning of the milk ocean to produce nectar.” Nyasta-daṇḍa (renouncing the staff) means “devoid of all material possessions and desires.” Rukmiṇī raises this example of detached sages in order to show that what she has concluded has also been concluded by great authorities previously. The dangers of association and desire are illustrated in verses such as saṅgāt saṁjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate. (BG 2.62)