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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.53.49

తస్యై స్‍త్రియస్తా: ప్రదదు: శేషాం యుయుజురాశిష: । తాభ్యో దేవ్యై నమశ్చక్రే శేషాం చ జగృహే వధూ: ॥ ౪౯ ॥
tasyai striyas tāḥ pradaduḥ
[tasyai striyas taah pradaduh]
śeṣāṁ yuyujur āśiṣaḥ
[sheshaam yuyujur aashishah]
tābhyo devyai namaś cakre
[taabhyo devyai namash chakre]
śeṣāṁ ca jagṛhe vadhūḥ
[sheshaam cha jagrihe vadhooh]
Word-for-word
tasyai — to her, Rukmiṇī striyaḥ — women tāḥ — they pradaduḥ — gave śeṣām — the remnants yuyujuḥ — they bestowed āśiṣaḥ — blessings tābhyaḥ — to them devyai — and to the deity namaḥ cakre — bowed down śeṣām — the remnants ca — and jagṛhe — took vadhūḥ — the bride .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasyai striyas tāḥ pradaduḥ
tasyai
to her, Rukmiṇī
striyaḥ
women
tāḥ
they
pradaduḥ
gave
śeṣāṁ yuyujur āśiṣaḥ
śeṣām
the remnants
yuyujuḥ
they bestowed
āśiṣaḥ
blessings
tābhyo devyai namaś cakre
tābhyaḥ
to them
devyai
and to the deity
namaḥ cakre
bowed down
śeṣāṁ ca jagṛhe vadhūḥ
śeṣām
the remnants
ca
and
jagṛhe
took
vadhūḥ
the bride .
Important Words
  • śeṣām — the remnants
    Accusative of śeṣa (remainder). Śeṣa-bhojana is the bhakta's classical posture — eating what has been offered first. Gauḍīyas connect this to Ananta-Śeṣa-tattva: the devotee is also a śeṣa, a remainder serving the master.
  • āśiṣaḥ — blessings
    Accusative plural of āśis (benediction). The blessings of elder devotees are considered in Gauḍīya texts to have direct potency — vaiṣṇavera kṛpā parama dhana. The brāhmaṇīs' āśis is functioning as the operative cause of Rukmiṇī's coming union with Kṛṣṇa.
  • vadhūḥ — the bride
    Nominative of vadhū. The first time in this stretch she is called simply 'the bride' — Vyāsa is preparing the transition: she has performed the goddess's pūjā as a girl and steps out as a bride.
The ladies gave the bride the remnants of the offerings and then blessed her. She in turn bowed down to them and the deity and accepted the remnants as prasādam.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The ladies gave the bride the remnants of the offerings and then blessed her. She in turn bowed down to them and the deity and accepted the remnants as prasādam.
Commentary

Rukmini offered respects to Ambika and took her prasada garland remnants (sesam).

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

She offered respects to Durgā and the women.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The women gave her the remnants with joy and respect. She bowed to them and to Durgā. It is forbidden to accept the remnants from the devatās, but there is no fault for an unmarried girl to do so (vadhūḥ).

Related values & verses
Related values
Tyaga (Renunciation / Letting Go)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)Bhakti (Devotion)Yajña (Sacrifice / Spirit of Offering)Tejas (Inner Radiance / Vigour)
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
Concepts
Jiva
Personal Guidance
Analogy

The elder women hand the bride the goddess's prasāda — and she eats what the Lord's wife (Ambikā) and the Lord's brāhmaṇas have first received. Prasāda-paramparā in miniature: nothing is taken first; everything passes through the senior devotees and the deity first.

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