Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.60.56
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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asahaḥ
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intolerable
From a + √sah — un-endurable. The grief was intolerable, and she bore it. Gauḍīyas read this as the pinnacle of nāyikā-dhairya — endurance in mādhurya — comparable to Sītā's at Aśokavana.
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asmat-ayoga-bhītyā
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out of fear of separation from Us
Compound: asmat (from Us) + ayoga (non-union, separation) + bhīti (fear). The one fear that overrode every other grief: losing Him. The verse names mādhurya's signature fear by the exact term.
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na eva abravīḥ
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you did not speak
Strong negation: na (not) + eva (indeed) + abravīḥ (you spoke). Triple emphasis on her silence. The Bhāgavatam-poet measures conjugal-prema by speech withheld — māuna (silence) as the bhāva-language.
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jitāḥ
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conquered
From √ji — to conquer. The verb 'conquered' applied to Bhagavān by His devotee. Cf. SB 10.9.18 (Yaśodā 'binding' Kṛṣṇa). Gauḍīyas treat this as the central paradox of mādhurya: the unconquerable is conquered by prema.
Here Lord Kṛṣṇa refers to an event that will be described in the next chapter. Thus Kṛṣṇa’s talks with Rukmiṇī must have taken place after the marriage of Aniruddha.
"I killed your brother at the gambling match during the weeding of Aniruddha. Out of fear of separation from me you did not express your sorrow, or say "You should not have done that." It was weak sorrow, expressed only for the common opinion. That sorrow also gave rise to joy, because there was happiness at the violence against Rukmi who was hostile to me." For this verse it is understood that this event took place after the marriage of Aniruddha.
Because he was your brother you had affection for him. His disfigurement was thus intolerable for you. He was defeated in battle. Since he was your brother I should not have defeated him, even in battle. And having him killed on Aniruddha’s wedding day was not proper, since you felt the most intolerable grief. But you did not speak out of worry that your master (asmad) should never be inattentive to you. Asmad (we) is used in the plural to indicate his associates as well. Separation from him would be complete if all his associates also left. We, not just myself, but all my associates, have been controlled by you, what to speak of being conquered by you. We do not have such power.
When your brother — defeated, disfigured at My hand, later killed by My elder brother during a gambling match at the wedding of our own grandson — when all of this fell on you, you carried it in silence, afraid only of losing Me. By that silence you have conquered Me. The verse is the Lord's open confession of being conquered.
In SB 10.54.40–51, after Rukmī attempts to recapture Rukmiṇī, Kṛṣṇa shaves his head and beard with arrows at her tearful plea — Balarāma stays His hand from killing. Rukmī, humiliated, founds the city of Bhojakaṭa and vows never to return to Kuṇḍina until he has slain Kṛṣṇa.
Later in SB 10.61, at the wedding of Aniruddha (Rukmiṇī's grandson by Pradyumna) and Rukmavatī (Rukmī's daughter), a dice-game breaks out; Rukmī insults Balarāma; Balarāma slays him with a board from the game. The present verse acknowledges that Rukmiṇī bore both of these blows in silence — and that her silence has conquered Bhagavān.
My note
Source: vedabase.io