Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.90.30
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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rukmiṇī-pramukhāḥ
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headed by Rukmiṇī
Compound: rukmiṇī + pramukha (chief). Rukmiṇī is named pramukhā — first among the eight chief queens (also Satyabhāmā, Jāmbavatī, Kālindī, Mitravindā, Satyā, Bhadrā, Lakṣmaṇā). She is Lakṣmī Herself in Dvārakā-form.
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strī-ratna-bhūtānām
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of those who were woman-jewels
Compound: strī (woman) + ratna (jewel) + bhūta (being). Bhāgavatam's vocabulary: certain women are ratna — jewels, irreplaceable. Gauḍīyas note: His chief queens are aṁśas of His own internal śakti, not material souls elevated.
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anupūrvaśaḥ
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one after another
Adverbial from anupūrva — in proper sequence. The Bhāgavatam pays attention to order; the queens are not generic but each in her place. Vaiṣṇava theology of personhood: every devotee occupies a non-substitutable position.
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putrāḥ
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sons
Plural of putra. Each queen has her own line. Gauḍīyas: Kṛṣṇa's family is real, His descendants real (the Yadu line ends not from non-existence but from His will, recorded in canto 11). Aiśvarya-līlā has full genealogical density.
Those eight of whom the principal queen was Rukmini have been described previously, as well as their sons.
Among the best of women were the eight principal queens. They and their sons were previously described in order.
They were the gems, the most excellent, among all women like Pārvati. Among the gems were eight queens. Their sons have also been described in order.
Among sixteen thousand wives, eight queens stand out as strī-ratna — woman-jewels — and Rukmiṇī is named first. Bhāgavatam refuses to dissolve the queens into a cloud; each one is named, distinguished, sons enumerated.
Earlier in this canto (SB 10.52) Rukmiṇī, princess of Vidarbha, sent a brāhmaṇa with a letter to Kṛṣṇa pleading Him to abduct her from a forced marriage to Śiśupāla. Kṛṣṇa came, took her on His chariot, and made her chief queen of Dvārakā.
Verse 90.30 names Rukmiṇī first among the eight strī-ratnas. Gauḍīyas treat her as the Dvārakā-side parallel of Vraja's Rādhā — chief consort, but in the aiśvarya register. Her recorded letter is one of Bhāgavatam's great prayer-texts.
My note
Source: vedabase.io