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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.60.49

శ్రీభగవానువాచ సాధ్వ్యేతచ్ఛ్రోతుకామైస్త్వం రాజపుత్రీ ప్రలమ్భితా । మయోదితం యదన్వాత్థ సర్వం తత్ సత్యమేవ హి ॥ ౪౯ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
[shree-bhagavaan uvaacha]
sādhvy etac-chrotu-kāmais tvaṁ
[saadhvy etach-chrotu-kaamais tvam]
rāja-putrī pralambhitā
[raaja-putree pralambhitaa]
mayoditaṁ yad anvāttha
[mayoditam yad anvaattha]
sarvaṁ tat satyam eva hi
[sarvam tat satyam eva hi]
śrī - bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord said sādhvi — O saintly lady etat — this śrotu — to hear kāmaiḥ — (by Us) who wanted tvam — you rāja - putri — O princess pralambhitā — fooled mayā — by Me uditam — spoken yat — what anvāttha — you replied to sarvam — all fat — that satyam — correct eva hi — indeed .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
śrī - bhagavān uvāca
the Supreme Lord said
sādhvy etac-chrotu-kāmais tvaṁ
sādhvi
O saintly lady
etat
this
śrotu
to hear
kāmaiḥ
(by Us) who wanted
tvam
you
rāja-putrī pralambhitā
rāja - putri
O princess
pralambhitā
fooled
mayoditaṁ yad anvāttha
mayā
by Me
uditam
spoken
yat
what
anvāttha
you replied to
sarvaṁ tat satyam eva hi
sarvam
all
fat
that
satyam
correct
eva hi
indeed .
  • pralambhitā — fooled
    Past passive of pra + √labh — to deceive in jest. The technical rasa-term for the form of līlā the chapter has performed. Gauḍīyas treat pralambha as one of the Lord's permanent capacities — it serves to surface and intensify the devotee's bhāva.
  • sādhvi — O saintly lady
    Feminine vocative of sādhu. He addresses her now as 'saintly one' — the title that retroactively sanctifies everything she has just said. The vocatives have moved from rāja-putri (v. 10), vaidarbhi (v. 11), bhīru-bhāmini (v. 31) to sādhvi here. The chapter's rasa-arc is its address-arc.
  • satyam eva hi — indeed correct
    Adverbial intensifier: satya (truth) + eva (indeed) + hi (certainly). Triple affirmation. He certifies the entire reply (vv. 34–48) as true. Gauḍīyas read this as the Bhāgavatam's most authoritative seal on Rukmiṇī's theology — Bhagavān has signed off.
  • anvāttha — you replied to
    Perfect of anu + ā + √vac — to speak in answer. The verb of formal reply. The chapter's structure is dialogue: His speech, her speech, His certifying speech. Each act of vāk is timed precisely.
The Supreme Lord said: O saintly lady, O princess, We deceived you only because We wanted to hear you speak like this. Indeed, everything you said in reply to My words is most certainly true.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Supreme Lord said: O saintly lady, O princess, We deceived you only because We wanted to hear you speak like this. Indeed, everything you said in reply to My words is most certainly true.
Commentary

"We joked with you, wanting to hear your words." This is in the plural (strotu kamaih) to indicate that not only Krsna, but some of her attendants wanted to hear. The plural can also indicate that all the functions of the sense of hearing had a desire to hear. "Having been the object of my joke, you interpreted whatever I said in another way (anu attha), which was true."

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Kṛṣṇa praises her for her qualities. O chaste woman! He praises her for her wealth and birth. O princess! Also I have said this on considering that you should give good answers. That was to be expected since you are a princess. I joked with you because I wanted to hear your answers. He speaks in the plural because friends were with him, who had come on thinking he needed assistance. You have explained my words in a most favorable way (anvāttha). What you said is certainly true. There is no doubt.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

O excellent woman (sādhvi)! The answers you give should be excellent. That is suitable since you are a princess. Therefore, I (asmābhiḥ) desired to hear these worlds. He speaks in the plural to indicate respect for himself as he respectfully desires to hear. Hi indicates certainty. There is no doubt that what you have said is true.

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Apaishunam (Non-slander)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Asteya (Non-stealing / Honesty)Atma Nigraha (Self-control)
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Concepts
Satya

The Lord, at last, drops the mask and says it plainly: 'I deceived you only because I wanted to hear you speak like this.' The whole pralambha is named — pralambhitā, deceived — and at the same instant nullified: 'everything you said is true.' The teasing has yielded its rasa-fruit; He certifies the reply.

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