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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.60.32

श्रीशुक उवाच सैवं भगवता राजन् वैदर्भी परिसान्‍त्‍विता । ज्ञात्वा तत्परिहासोक्तिं प्रियत्यागभयं जहौ ॥ ३२ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
saivaṁ bhagavatā rājan
[saivam bhagavataa raajan]
vaidarbhī parisāntvitā
[vaidarbhee parisaantvitaa]
jñātvā tat-parihāsoktiṁ
[jnaatvaa tat-parihaasoktim]
priya-tyāga-bhayaṁ jahau
[priya-tyaaga-bhayam jahau]
Word-for-word
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said sā — she evam — thus bhagavatā — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead rājan — O King vaidarbhī — Queen Rukmiṇī parisāntvitā — fully pacified jñātvā — understanding tat — His parihāsa — spoken in jest uktim — words priya — by her beloved tyāga — of rejection bhayam — her fear jahau — gave up .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
saivaṁ bhagavatā rājan
sā
she
evam
thus
bhagavatā
by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
rājan
O King
vaidarbhī parisāntvitā
vaidarbhī
Queen Rukmiṇī
parisāntvitā
fully pacified
jñātvā tat-parihāsoktiṁ
jñātvā
understanding
tat
His
parihāsa
spoken in jest
uktim
words
priya-tyāga-bhayaṁ jahau
priya
by her beloved
tyāga
of rejection
bhayam
her fear
jahau
gave up .
Important Words
  • parisāntvitā — fully pacified
    Past participle of pari + √sāntv. The intensifying prefix pari- marks completeness — not merely consoled but wholly pacified. The Lord's consolation reaches every corner her grief reached.
  • parihāsa-uktim — (His) words spoken in jest
    Compound: parihāsa (joke) + ukti (speech). She now classifies His earlier speech correctly — as parihāsa. Gauḍīyas read this re-classification as the kind of vivekapūrṇa-jñāna that prema generates: she sees Him rightly.
  • priya-tyāga-bhayam — fear of rejection by her beloved
    Compound: priya (beloved) + tyāga (abandonment) + bhaya (fear). The single fear of the mādhurya-bhakta — being abandoned by the Beloved. She gave it up: the verse uses the verb jahau, an emphatic 'left behind.'
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, Queen Vaidarbhī was fully pacified by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and understood that His words had been spoken in jest. Thus she gave up her fear that her beloved would reject her.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, Queen Vaidarbhī was fully pacified by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and understood that His words had been spoken in jest. Thus she gave up her fear that her beloved would reject her.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Rukmiṇī had come from Vidarbha because of her great attraction to him (vaidarbhī). She gave up fear that he would reject her.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

She was pacified by the Lord endowed with all powers (bhagavatā). She became completely peaceful because she, though a young girl, had given up everything for him. Or she was capable of understanding the truth, since she was most intelligent (vaidarbhī). She understood his statements were jokes. She gave up fear that he would give her up. But he was bhagavān. Or the reason she gave up fear was that she was Vaidarbhī, not a person of Mithilā. It was possible for a person of her birth. “She should not trust him.” As Rāma he showed proper dharma and now it was not possible to go against his word, since he manifested all good qualities such as affection for the devotee. O king! She developed fear because his words. Why have trust in the words of anyone else?

Related values & verses
Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Apaishunam (Non-slander)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Asteya (Non-stealing / Honesty)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)
Related verses
BG 15.9 BG 18.11 BG 18.64 BG 2.62 BG 3.11 BG 12.3 SB 4.29.2 BG 9.11 BG 7.8 BG 10.3 BG 13.1 BG 5.18 BG 6.1
Concepts
Dharma
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Rukmiṇī is fully pacified, understanding His words were in jest; she gives up her fear that He would reject her. Reception of explanation restores the relationship; pacification works when delivered.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do you need to receive an explanation that has actually been offered?
  • How does giving up fear of rejection follow honest dialogue?
Analogy

A storm clears as suddenly as it came; the sky is bluer than before. Rukmiṇī, fully consoled, drops the fear of priya-tyāga — being abandoned by her beloved — and the chapter pivots from her trembling silence to her radiant speech.

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