Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.60.22
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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tri-loka-īśa-pateḥ
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of the master of the lords of the three worlds
Compound chain: tri-loka (three worlds) + īśa (lord) + pati (master). The narrator inserts the full title — Master-of-the-masters — exactly at the moment of His unkind speech. The contrast is the point: the Lord of the three worlds has chosen to speak unkindly to His queen.
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aśruta-pūrvam
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never heard previously
Compound: a-śruta (un-heard) + pūrva (before). She has never heard such words from Him. This single phrase carries the whole history of their conjugal life — unbroken sweetness now ruptured by jest.
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apriyam
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unpleasantness
A (not) + priya (dear, pleasant). The unpriya from the priya — the unbeloved word from her Beloved. Gauḍīyas treat this as a master-class in vipralambha-rasa inside the conjugal mood.
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vepathuḥ
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trembling
From √vep. The physical sign of bhāva-vikāra — one of the eight sāttvika emotional changes the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu enumerates (stambha, sveda, romāñca, svara-bhaṅga, vepathu, vaivarṇya, aśru, pralaya). The text is showing the rasa-mechanics in real time.
Having thus spoken to Rukmini, who was thinking herself the dear most of his queens out of her intense love, he broke her pride. Because he was constantly with her, she thought that, even though she was unqualified to be his wife, just by her qualities he had made her his wife, and she became proud that she had such an ocean of qualities. Though the word vallabha would normally be masculine, to agree with atmanam, it remains feminine here to express the she was thinking herself as the dearmost wife. That he destroyed her pride by his joking words is stated later in verse twenty five. Krsna himself explains this also in his own words in verse twenty nine.
It was it explained in connection with the rāsa dance that there are two types of prema. Pride and anger (māna) do not appear in those who have dakṣina (compliant) prema. When joking occurs, there is a manifestation of worrying. That is described in this verse. She heard unkind words from the protector of the lords of the three worlds. Since he protects everyone, he should not use such harsh words. And he was her dear lover. And she was the chief among all his dear consorts (devī). She had never before heard such unkind words. She could not fathom his most intolerable motive. She heard this intensely, at close quarters (ā—śrutvā). She feared so much that he would leave her that her heart trembled continuously. Her intense thoughts generated complete disturbance in her mind which continued a long time or with dread (durantam). The word ha indicates dismay that he had transgressed proper conduct.
A child who has only ever heard her father's praise hears, for the first time, his anger — and trembles though the words have not yet hurt her. So Rukmiṇī, who has never heard apriya from Kṛṣṇa's lips, hears it now and begins to shake from the heart outward.
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