Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.60.44
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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acyuta
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O infallible Kṛṣṇa
A-cyuta — never-falling. She uses His most reliable name to deliver her most cutting line — the address counter-balances the sharpness. Gauḍīya rasa-shastra notes how vocatives carry the bhāva that the surrounding speech might miss.
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khara-go-śva-viḍāla-bhṛtyāḥ
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as asses, oxen, dogs, cats and slaves
Compound chain: khara (ass) + go (ox) + śva (dog) + viḍāla (cat) + bhṛtya (servant). The classical Bhāgavata-style catalog of degraded conjugal existence — cf. SB 2.1.4 (śva-viḍ-varāhoṣṭra). Her vocabulary is Bhāgavata-native.
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ari-karṣaṇa
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O vexer of enemies
Compound: ari (enemy) + karṣaṇa (puller, drawer). She names Him by His epithet as Killer of Enemies — the same enemies (Jarāsandha, Śiśupāla, Dantavakra) He pretended in v. 12 to fear. The verse closes the loop.
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mṛḍa-viriñca-sabhāsu
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in the scholarly assemblies of Śiva and Brahmā
Compound: mṛḍa (Śiva) + viriñca (Brahmā) + sabhā (assembly). Your glories are sung in the sabhās of Śiva and Brahmā — both demigods are positioned as Your praisers, not Your rivals. Doctrinally exact: Kṛṣṇa is svayaṁ-bhagavān, the others sing of Him.
According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, these fiery words of Queen Rukmiṇī’s are a response to Lord Kṛṣṇa’s opening statement, found in text 10 of the chapter. The Supreme Lord had said, “My dear princess, You were sought after by many kings as powerful as the rulers of planets. They were all abundantly endowed with political influence, wealth, beauty, generosity and physical strength.” According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, Queen Rukmiṇī here speaks with anger, pointing her index finger at the Lord. She compares the so-called great princes to asses because they carry many material burdens, to oxen because they are always distressed while performing their occupational duties, to dogs because their wives disrespect them, to cats because they are selfish and cruel, and to slaves because they are servile in family affairs. Such kings may appear desirable to a foolish woman who has not heard or understood the glories of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī adds that such kings are like asses because their wives sometimes kick them, like dogs because they behave inimically toward outsiders in order to protect their homes, and like cats because they eat the remnants left by their wives.
In two verses she condemns with anger, showing her finger, the kings whom Krsna had praised. "They are like donkeys, to be kicked with the foot, or oxen who suffer with heavy loads on their backs. They are like dogs, who are kept to protect the house, and think of intruders as enemies. They are like cats, who eat the leftovers. Like servants, they must humbly serve. Let such men become the husband of low women who never hear topics of you. O destroyer of enemies ( ari karsana), you pull my enemies like Sisupala to the kingdom of death."
O Lord, you alone are steady in all times and places (acyuta)! Though others may have reflection of your qualities, no one can compare to you because they are not steady. They have great fault. Kiṅkara means a person who waits for an order saying, “I will serve you.” That is the derivation of the word according to Kṣīrasvāmī. The kings are like asses because though beaten, they are still obedient to their wives. They are like oxen because they carry loads. They are like horses because they sometimes carry their wives. They are like dogs because they carry out orders with a desire for mouthful of food. They are like cats because they take the leftovers of their wives. They are like servants because they wait for orders. In such a woman’s ears your (yuṣmad—plural for respect) topics have never gone at all as a subject of attention (kārna-mūlam). These topics are not at all attractive to these women because they have very little intelligence but they are sung n the assemblies of Śiva and Brahmā. O killer of enemies! Just by your hatred they are almost dead.
O Acyuta, you are filled with the sweetness of extraordinary glories! Others are devoid of any good qualities and are wicked. That is shown. They are like animals in houses dependent on women whose ears have not come near topics of you. Plural (yuṣmat) is used to show respect or to include the devotees.
Let those kings You named, dear Acyuta, become husbands of women whose ears have never heard of You. In such households they will live like asses bearing burdens, oxen tilling fields, dogs guarding doors, cats hunting in corners, slaves at the bell. The verse is sharp; she has earned the right to it.
My note
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