She thought of herself as the dearest wife (vallabhām), qualified as equal to him. The conventional meaning of vallabhām is accepted without change of gender (not agreeing with ātmānam). This is an exaggeration since actually she was standing happily engaging as a servant. She did not manifest pride like Satyabhāmā and others who became angry at Kṛṣṇa. But she thought, “He will never be separated from me.” He thought of destroying that pride for fun, and then stopped moving. He waited silently to see her show of love or anger. In verse 20 it is said that she could not understand the full meaning of his teasing. He will also say: mā mā vaidarbhy asūyethā jāne tvāṁ mat-parāyaṇām tvad-vacaḥ śrotu-kāmena kṣvelyācaritam aṅgane O Vaidarbhī, do not be displeased with me. I know that you are fully devoted to me. I only spoke in jest, dear lady, because I wanted to hear what you would say. SB 10.60.29 This will be explained later.

She thought herself as if beloved. Actually she generally considers herself the servant, because of humility arising from the nature of great prema. At Kurukṣetra she later says: caidyāya mārpayitum udyata-kārmukeṣu rājasv ajeya-bhaṭa-śekharitāṅghri-reṇuḥ ninye mṛgendra iva bhāgam ajāvi-yūthāt tac-chrī-niketa-caraṇo ’stu mamārcanāya When all the kings held their bows at the ready to assure that I would be presented to Śiśupāla, he who puts the dust of his feet on the heads of invincible warriors took me from their midst, as a lion forcibly takes his prey from the midst of goats and sheep. May I always be allowed to worship those feet of Kṛṣṇa, the abode of Lakṣmī. SB 10.83.8 The word iva can also be linked to the later word: manyamānām iva. She apparently thought like this. She did not actually think like that and thus her pride being destroyed was also only apparent. She actually had no pride. This happened only because he was teasing her. In verse 20 it is said that she could not understand the full meaning of his teasing. He will also say: mā mā vaidarbhy asūyethā jāne tvāṁ mat-parāyaṇām tvad-vacaḥ śrotu-kāmena kṣvelyācaritam aṅgane O Vaidarbhī, do not be displeased with me. I know that you are fully devoted to me. I only spoke in jest, dear lady, because I wanted to hear what you would say. SB 10.60.29