Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.41
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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rājyasya
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of kingdom
Genitive of rājya. First of the six tinsels Balarāma names. Cf. BG 1.32 where Arjuna says 'na kāṅkṣe vijayaṁ kṛṣṇa na ca rājyaṁ sukhāni ca' — exactly the renunciation of rājya as motive.
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striyaḥ
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of a woman
Genitive of strī. Listed alongside kingdom, land, wealth — Balarāma is naming the typical asurika preoccupations. The Bhāgavatam does not condemn women; it condemns their use as objects of pride.
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mānasya
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of honor
From √man. Māna — false ego, pride, prestige. In Gauḍīya psychology, māna is the chief obstacle to dīnatā, the mood of being-poor before the Lord that opens prema. Hence its inclusion in this catalog.
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śrī-mada-andhāḥ
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blinded by the intoxication of opulence
Triple compound: śrī (opulence) + mada (intoxication) + andha (blind). Same word that, in feminine, names Lakṣmī (Śrī). The play: those who chase śrī without offering it to the Lord become śrī-mada-andha, blind in opulence's drunken state.
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kṣipanti
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they commit insult / cast offense
Present of √kṣip, 'to throw, to hurl.' Insult IS the throwing of words. Gauḍīya śāstra catalogues vaiṣṇava-aparādha as the gravest of throws — even more dangerous than nāma-aparādha, since it 'rebounds' (cf. CC Madhya 19).
Lord Kṛṣṇa was originally meant to marry Rukmiṇī. All along this was the best arrangement for all concerned, and yet from the beginning Rukmī had maliciously opposed this beautiful arrangement. When his sister’s desire was finally fulfilled and she was taken by Kṛṣṇa, he viciously attacked the Lord with vulgar insults and mortal weapons. In return Lord Kṛṣṇa tied him up and partially clipped his hair and mustache. While certainly humiliating for a puffed-up prince like Rukmī, his punishment was a mere slap on the wrist, considering what he had done.
Guessing that Rukmini would be thinking to herself, "It may be true that a ksatriya can kill his relative, but he should not disfigure him in a ghastly way." Balarama then speaks to Krsna to satisfy her. "O Krsna, those who are proud abuse others in order to gett kingdom, land, money, power etc. But we should not do this."
He again speaks harshly to Kṛṣṇa to console Rukmiṇī. Because of kingdom, land, worship (mānasya), beauty or strength (tejasaḥ) and other things like food and drink, proud people who become blinded by pride and wealth cause destruction. Since (hi) persons blinded by pride and wealth act in this way, we should not do this, since we are not blind.
Blinded by their own ornaments, proud men insult others over kingdom, land, wealth, women, honor, power — the six tinsels of māyā. Balarāma's list is a complete catalog of saṁsāra's pretexts for offense. Bhakti does not enter the list because it makes no pretext for offense.
My note
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