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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.60.27-28

ప్రమృజ్యాశ్రుకలే నేత్రే స్తనౌ చోపహతౌ శుచా । ఆశ్లిష్య బాహునా రాజననన్యవిషయాం సతీమ్ ॥ ౨౭ ॥ సాన్‍త్‍వయామాస సాన్‍త్‍వజ్ఞ: కృపయా కృపణాం ప్రభు: । హాస్యప్రౌఢిభ్రమచ్చిత్తామతదర్హాం సతాం గతి: ॥ ౨౮ ॥
pramṛjyāśru-kale netre
[pramrijyaashru-kale netre]
stanau copahatau śucā
[stanau chopahatau shuchaa]
āśliṣya bāhunā rājan
[aashlishya baahunaa raajan]
ananya-viṣayāṁ satīm
[ananya-vishayaam sateem]
sāntvayām āsa sāntva-jñaḥ
[saantvayaam aasa saantva-jnah]
kṛpayā kṛpaṇāṁ prabhuḥ
[kripayaa kripanaam prabhuh]
hāsya-prauḍhi-bhramac-cittām
[haasya-praudhi-bhramach-chittaam]
atad-arhāṁ satāṁ gatiḥ
[atad-arhaam sataam gatih]
pramṛjya — wiping aśru - kale — filled with tears netre — her eyes stanau — her breasts ca — and upahatau — disarrayed śucā — by her sorrowful tears aśliṣya — embracing her bāhunā — with His arm rājan — O King (Parīkṣit) ananya — no other viṣayām — whose object of desire satīm — chaste sāntvayām āsa — He consoled sāntva — of ways of consoling jñaḥ — the expert knower kṛpayā — compassionately kṛpaṇām — pitiable prabhuḥ — the Supreme Lord hāsya — of His joking prauḍhi — by the cleverness bhramat — becoming bewildered cittām — whose mind atat - arhām — not deserving that satām — of pure devotees gatiḥ — the goal .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pramṛjyāśru-kale netre
pramṛjya
wiping
aśru - kale
filled with tears
netre
her eyes
stanau copahatau śucā
stanau
her breasts
ca
and
upahatau
disarrayed
śucā
by her sorrowful tears
āśliṣya bāhunā rājan
aśliṣya
embracing her
bāhunā
with His arm
rājan
O King (Parīkṣit)
ananya-viṣayāṁ satīm
ananya
no other
viṣayām
whose object of desire
satīm
chaste
sāntvayām āsa sāntva-jñaḥ
sāntvayām āsa
He consoled
sāntva
of ways of consoling
jñaḥ
the expert knower
kṛpayā kṛpaṇāṁ prabhuḥ
kṛpayā
compassionately
kṛpaṇām
pitiable
prabhuḥ
the Supreme Lord
hāsya-prauḍhi-bhramac-cittām
hāsya
of His joking
prauḍhi
by the cleverness
bhramat
becoming bewildered
cittām
whose mind
atad-arhāṁ satāṁ gatiḥ
atat - arhām
not deserving that
satām
of pure devotees
gatiḥ
the goal .
  • sāntva-jñaḥ — the expert knower of ways of consoling
    Compound: sāntva (consolation) + jña (knower). A formal classical title — the one who knows the science of pacification. Gauḍīyas read this as Bhagavān's expertise: He is master of every rasa-transition, including the one back from vipralambha to sambhoga.
  • satām gatiḥ — the goal of pure devotees
    Compound: satām (of the saintly, plural genitive) + gati (goal). The Bhāgavatam's signature epithet for Kṛṣṇa (cf. SB 10.14.58). Placed here it certifies: the One pretending detachment in v. 20 is the very goal of all devotees.
  • ananya-viṣayām — whose object of desire is no other
    Compound: ananya (no other) + viṣaya (object). Echoes v. 9's ananya-gatim — the chapter's frame-word for Rukmiṇī. Her one-pointedness is reasserted at the moment of consolation, lest any reader miss that her grief was already prema.
  • kṛpaṇām — pitiable
    From √kṛp. The Lord sees His queen as kṛpaṇā — pitiable — in this moment. Gauḍīya kārpaṇya is one of the six limbs of śaraṇāgati; here it is bestowed on her by His seeing, not by her claiming.
Wiping her tear-filled eyes and her breasts, which were stained by tears of grief, the Supreme Lord, the goal of His devotees, embraced His chaste wife, who desired nothing but Him, O King. Expert in the art of pacification, Śrī Kṛṣṇa tenderly consoled pitiable Rukmiṇī, whose mind was bewildered by His clever joking and who did not deserve to suffer so.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Wiping her tear-filled eyes and her breasts, which were stained by tears of grief, the Supreme Lord, the goal of His devotees, embraced His chaste wife, who desired nothing but Him, O King. Expert in the art of pacification, Śrī Kṛṣṇa tenderly consoled pitiable Rukmiṇī, whose mind was bewildered by His clever joking and who did not deserve to suffer so.
Commentary

He wiped her eye brimming with tears (asru kale) and her breasts afflicted with tears of sorrow (suca).

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He (prabhuḥ) pacified her, endowed with qualities such as chastity to her husband (satī) because he is the personal shelter of all devotees (satāṁ gatiḥ), what to speak of being her shelter, since she took shelter of him alone (ananya-viṣayām). The cause of his mercy (kṛpayā) was her misery (kṛpanām) on thinking he would leave her. The cause of her misery was his joking. The cause of his joking was her soft nature (atad-arhām). “How was she quickly pacified after such intense grief?” Kṛṣṇa was expert at pacification. His expertise is described. He wiped away her tears which were flowing (kale) and embraced her. Remembering his expertise at causing grief and pacification, Śukadeva says with astonishment: whatever he does at any place is done with ability (prabhuḥ).

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Her eyes flowed with tears. Hearing this, Parīkṣit became filled with sorrow. Śukadeva comforts him. O king! Or rājan stands for arājan: Rukmiṇī was faded in complexion because of pain, because she had no other shelter (ananya-viṣayām), since she was dedicated to her husband (satīm). He used one arm to put her on his lap in alarm. He wiped her eyes with one hand, and her breasts with the other. Or it means two arms. He embraced her tightly. He was capable of pacifying her (prabhuḥ) because he knew sweet speech (sāntva-jṣaḥ). Her heart was disturbed by worry. He should not have joked with her so seriously since he was the goal of the devotees (satāṁ gatiḥ).

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Prema (Divine Love)Shaucha (Cleanliness / Purity)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Nyaya (Justice / Righteous Judgment)Samata (Equanimity / Even-mindedness)Arjava (Simplicity / Straightforwardness)Aparigraha (Non-possessiveness)
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Concepts
ChitJiva

A craftsman who has set a precious jar trembling pulls it back into both hands and steadies it, drop by drop wiping the spilled water — the same hands that risked it are the hands that restore it. So the Lord, having let the queen falter, becomes the expert sāntva (consoler) of her own grief.

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