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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.60.55

న త్వాద‍ృశీం ప్రణయినీం గృహిణీం గృహేషు పశ్యామి మానిని యయా స్వవివాహకాలే । ప్రాప్తాన్ నృపాన్న విగణయ్య రహోహరో మే ప్రస్థాపితో ద్విజ ఉపశ్రుతసత్కథస్య ॥ ౫౫ ॥
na tvādṛśīm praṇayinīṁ gṛhiṇīṁ gṛheṣu
[na tvaadrisheem pranayineem grihineem griheshu]
paśyāmi mānini yayā sva-vivāha-kāle
[pashyaami maanini yayaa sva-vivaaha-kaale]
prāptān nṛpān na vigaṇayya raho-haro me
[praaptaan nripaan na viganayya raho-haro me]
prasthāpito dvija upaśruta-sat-kathasya
[prasthaapito dvija upashruta-sat-kathasya]
Word-for-word
na — not tvādṛśīm — like you praṇayinīm — loving gṛhiṇīm — wife gṛheṣu — in My residences paśyāmi — do I see mānini — O respectful one yayā — by whom sva — of her own vivāha — marriage kāle — at the time prāptān — arrived nṛpān — kings na vigaṇayya — disregarding rahaḥ — of a confidential message haraḥ — the carrier me — to Me prasthāpitaḥ — sent dvijaḥ — a brāhmaṇa upaśruta — overheard sat — true kathasya — narrations about whom .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na tvādṛśīm praṇayinīṁ gṛhiṇīṁ gṛheṣu
na
not
tvādṛśīm
like you
praṇayinīm
loving
gṛhiṇīm
wife
gṛheṣu
in My residences
paśyāmi mānini yayā sva-vivāha-kāle
paśyāmi
do I see
mānini
O respectful one
yayā
by whom
sva
of her own
vivāha
marriage
kāle
at the time
prāptān nṛpān na vigaṇayya raho-haro me
prāptān
arrived
nṛpān
kings
na vigaṇayya
disregarding
rahaḥ
of a confidential message
haraḥ
the carrier
me
to Me
prasthāpito dvija upaśruta-sat-kathasya
prasthāpitaḥ
sent
dvijaḥ
a brāhmaṇa
upaśruta
overheard
sat
true
kathasya
narrations about whom .
Important Words
  • praṇayinīm — loving
    Feminine of praṇayin — possessed of praṇaya. Rūpa Gosvāmī treats praṇaya as the fourth stage in the development of prema (after sneha and māna). Bhagavān grades her by the technical rasa-term.
  • upaśruta-sat-kathasya — of Him about whom authentic accounts (were) overheard
    Compound: upaśruta (overheard) + sat-katha (true narrations, genitive). She loved Him from upaśruta-sat-katha alone — pure śravaṇa-bhakti. Gauḍīyas treat this as the textbook case: prema rises from hearing about Bhagavān, even before seeing Him.
  • rahaḥ-haraḥ — the carrier of a confidential message
    Compound: rahas (secret) + hara (carrier). The brāhmaṇa is the rahaḥ-hara. Cf. dūtikā in classical Sanskrit love-poetry; here the messenger of mādhurya is a brāhmaṇa, marking the spiritual register of the love.
  • dvijaḥ — a brāhmaṇa
    Twice-born. The status of the messenger is named because the message's spiritual seriousness required a brāhmaṇa-carrier. Rukmiṇī's letter was a dharma-act, not a romantic-novel act.
In all My palaces I can find no other wife as loving as you, O most respectful one. When you were to be married, you disregarded all the kings who had assembled to seek your hand, and simply because you had heard authentic accounts concerning Me, you sent a brāhmaṇa to Me with your confidential message.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In all My palaces I can find no other wife as loving as you, O most respectful one. When you were to be married, you disregarded all the kings who had assembled to seek your hand, and simply because you had heard authentic accounts concerning Me, you sent a brāhmaṇa to Me with your confidential message.
Commentary

"Among all my loving wives, you are the best, O one who honors me (manini). You sent a brahmana bearing a secret message to me, about whom you had heard many things (upasruta sat kathasya)."

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

I cannot see such an affectionate wife in any house, or among all my palaces. When the time came for your marriage, you sent to me a messenger, one who bears a secret (rahoharah). Another version has raho aho. The meaning is the same. This indicates that she disregarded her father and brother. You became attached from simply hearing about me within your room, without realizing my glories. Now, with direct realization you are even more attached. O woman worthy of worship (mānini) or having an elevated mind! In this manner you are most qualified. Others are not.

Related values & verses
Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Atma Nigraha (Self-control)
Related verses
BG 15.9 BG 18.64 BG 2.62 BG 3.11 BG 12.3 SB 4.29.2 BG 9.11 BG 7.8 BG 10.3 BG 13.1 BG 5.18 BG 6.5 BG 4.39 BG 1.1 BG 16.4 BG 1.41
Personal Guidance
Analogy

An emperor surveys His many palaces — sixteen thousand queens — and says: 'I find no other wife as loving as you, O most respectful one.' The praise is not flattery; it is a finding. She is the one who, on her wedding day, ignored every assembled king and sent a brāhmaṇa to His door with a letter.

Stories
The brāhmaṇa messenger

SB 10.52.21–43 records the brāhmaṇa Rukmiṇī sent to Dvārakā with her letter — overhearing 'authentic accounts' (upaśruta-sat-katha) of Kṛṣṇa from visiting devotees and resolving to choose Him alone.

The present verse is the Lord's seven-canto-later citation of that act. In Dvārakā's marble palace, while consoling her after teasing, He recalls the original act of her choosing — proving that no number of intervening years or queens has displaced its rank in His remembrance.

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