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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.55.12

रतिरुवाच भवान् नारायणसुत: शम्बरेणहृतो गृहात् । अहं तेऽधिकृता पत्नी रति: कामो भवान् प्रभो ॥ १२ ॥
ratir uvāca
[ratir uvaacha]
bhavān nārāyaṇa-sutaḥ
[bhavaan naaraayana-sutah]
śambareṇa hṛto gṛhāt
[shambarena hrito grihaat]
ahaṁ te ’dhikṛtā patnī
[aham te ’dhikritaa patnee]
ratiḥ kāmo bhavān prabho
[ratih kaamo bhavaan prabho]
Word-for-word
ratiḥ uvāca — Rati said bhavān — You nārāyaṇa - sutah — the son of Lord Nārāyaṇa śambareṇa — by Śambara hṛtaḥ — stolen gṛhāt — from Your home aham — I te — Your adhikṛtā — legitimate patnī — wife ratiḥ — Rati kāmaḥ — Cupid bhavān — You prabho — O master .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ratir uvāca
ratiḥ uvāca
Rati said
bhavān nārāyaṇa-sutaḥ
bhavān
You
nārāyaṇa - sutah
the son of Lord Nārāyaṇa
śambareṇa hṛto gṛhāt
śambareṇa
by Śambara
hṛtaḥ
stolen
gṛhāt
from Your home
ahaṁ te ’dhikṛtā patnī
aham
I
te
Your
adhikṛtā
legitimate
patnī
wife
ratiḥ kāmo bhavān prabho
ratiḥ
Rati
kāmaḥ
Cupid
bhavān
You
prabho
O master .
Important Words
  • nārāyaṇa-sutah — the son of Lord Nārāyaṇa
    Compound: nārāyaṇa (the Lord) + sutah (son). Rati gives Kṛṣṇa His Vaiṣṇava-tattva name, not the Yādava family-name. She is naming whose son Pradyumna actually is at the level of theology, not biology.
  • adhikṛtā-patnī — legitimate wife
    Compound-phrase: adhikṛtā (authorized, lawful, having the right) + patnī (wife). Adhikāra is a Gauḍīya legal term — Rati holds the doctrinal right (cf. śāstric marriage). The Bhāgavatam refuses any ambiguity about consent or category.
  • kāmaḥ — Cupid
    Same nominal as v.1; here re-applied to identify Pradyumna's previous body. Closes the loop: Kāma returned to Vāsudeva, was born from Kṛṣṇa, was lost into the sea — and is now standing before Rati, named.
  • prabho — O master
    Vocative of prabhu — Lord, master. Rati addresses Pradyumna with the term a wife uses for her own husband-as-Lord. In Gauḍīya hearing, every śaraṇāgata wife's 'prabho' echoes the larger śaraṇāgati to Bhagavān; the conjugal frame and the bhakti frame share grammar.
Rati said: You are the son of Lord Nārāyaṇa and were kidnapped from Your parents’ home by Śambara. I, Rati, am Your legitimate wife, O master, because You are Cupid.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Rati said: You are the son of Lord Nārāyaṇa and were kidnapped from Your parents' home by Śambara. I, Rati, am Your legitimate wife, O master, because You are Cupid.
Commentary

Considered him to be Kamadeva. she said, " I am your wife." Pradyumna made her (who was forermly the material wife of material Kamadeva) his wife by touching her, just as a touchstone transforms objects by contact. However, she is actually his eternal sakti , the mother of Aniruddha, according to the Vaisnava Tosani. (Rukmavati was the actual mother.)

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

You are the son of Nārāyaṇa, who gives shelter to all beings. You were taken from the maternity ward by Śambara. I am qualified (adhikṛtā) as your wife. I am your eternal wife.

Related values & verses
Related values
Bhakti (Devotion)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)Daksya (Resourcefulness / Skill)
Related verses
SB 1.2BG 14.1 BG 15.7 BG 15.9 BG 3.27 BG 3.3 BG 3.11 BG 9.11 BG 6.35 BG 14.12 BG 12.6 BG 15.2 BG 17.3 BG 5.4 BG 5.18 BG 12.5
Concepts
Jiva
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Rati says: You are Nārāyaṇa's son kidnapped from home; I, Rati, am Your legitimate wife because You are Cupid. Identity reveal corrects category; the truth restores proper relationship.
Reflection Questions
  • Where could revealing identity truly correct a confused relationship?
  • What 'I am actually your wife' truth in your life needs explicit speech?
Analogy

Rati answers in tattva — 'You are Nārāyaṇa's son, kidnapped from your parents; I am Your wife.' The two clauses unfold the relationship in a single breath: father restored on the Lord's side, husband restored on hers. One sentence undoes a decade of misidentification.

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