• patyuḥ — of her Lord
  Genitive of pati. Already, before the wedding rites, Rukmiṇī addresses Kṛṣṇa with the bridal possessive — Gauḍīya commentators read this as proof that the relation is eternal, not constituted by the kanyādāna to come.
• su-madhyamā — slender-waisted
  Su (beautiful) + madhyama (middle). A standard epithet for Rukmiṇī; in Gauḍīya rasa-śāstra it names not waistline alone but the perfect proportion of a nāyikā — the body itself is a sign of fitness for mādhurya-rasa.
• sa-vrīḍam — shyly, with modesty
  Sa (with) + vrīḍā (bashfulness). Vrīḍā is one of the named sañcāri-bhāvas of mādhurya-rasa in Rūpa Gosvāmī's Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu — the shyness that intensifies, rather than diminishes, intimacy.
• bhaya-vihvala-locanā — whose eyes are disturbed by fear
  Compound: bhaya (fear) + vihvala (overwhelmed) + locanā (whose eyes). Fear before Kṛṣṇa is not contradiction of love; the gopīs feared Pūtanā, feared Aghāsura, feared Indra's rain — fear directed toward the Lord IS śaraṇa.
• vīkṣya — seeing
  Gerund of vi-√īkṣ. Rukmiṇī first sees the danger; the next gerund (aikṣat) is her looking at Kṛṣṇa's face. Gauḍīyas note the sequence — the devotee glimpses danger only to be turned more sharply toward the Lord's countenance.

Like a newly-married bride glancing at her husband during a thunderstorm — fear softened by sidelong trust — Rukmiṇī's frightened eyes already form the prototype for every devotee's plea: I am afraid; You see me; that is enough.