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(1) śrī-rukmiṇy uvāca śrutvā guṇān bhuvana-sundara śṛṇvatāḿ te nirviśya karṇa-vivarair harato 'ńga-tāpam rūpaḿ dṛśāḿ dṛśimatām akhilārtha-lābhaḿ tvayy acyutāviśati cittam apatrapaḿ me (2) kā tvā mukunda mahatī kula-śīla-rūpa- vidyā-vayo-draviṇa-dhāmabhir ātma-tulyam dhīrā patiḿ kulavatī na vṛṇīta kanyā kāle nṛ-siḿha nara-loka-mano-'bhirāmam (3) tan me bhavān khalu vṛtaḥ patir ańga jāyām ātmārpitaś ca bhavato 'tra vibho vidhehi mā vīra-bhāgam abhimarśatu caidya ārād gomāyu-van mṛga-pater balim ambujākṣa (4) pūrteṣṭa-datta-niyama-vrata-deva-vipra gurv-arcanādibhir alaḿ bhagavān pareśaḥ ārādhito yadi gadāgraja etya pāṇiḿ gṛhṇātu me na damaghoṣa-sutādayo 'nye (5) śvo bhāvini tvam ajitodvahane vidarbhān guptaḥ sametya pṛtanā-patibhiḥ parītaḥ nirmathya caidya-magadhendra-balaḿ prasahya māḿ rākṣasena vidhinodvaha vīrya-śulkām (6) antaḥ-purāntara-carīm anihatya bandhūn tvām udvahe katham iti pravadāmy upāyam pūrve-dyur asti mahatī kula-deva-yātrā yasyāḿ bahir nava-vadhūr girijām upeyāt (7) yasyāńghri-pańkaja-rajaḥ-snapanaḿ mahānto vāñchanty umā-patir ivātma-tamo-'pahatyai yarhy ambujākṣa na labheya bhavat-prasādaḿ jahyām asūn vrata-kṛśān śata-janmabhiḥ syāt
(1) Sri Rukmini said: O beauty of the worlds, having heard of Your qualities, which enter the ears of those who hear and remove their bodily distress, and having also heard of Your beauty, which fulfills all the visual desires of those who see, I have fixed my shameless mind upon You, O Krishna. [37] (2) O Mukunda, You are equal only to Yourself in lineage, character, beauty, knowledge, youthfulness, wealth and influence. O lion among men, You delight the minds of all mankind. What aristocratic, sober-minded and marriageable girl of a good family would not choose You as her husband when the proper time has come? [38] (3) Therefore, my dear Lord, I have chosen You as my husband, and I surrender myself to You. Please come swiftly, O almighty one, and make me Your wife. My dear lotus-eyed Lord, let Sisupala never touch the hero's portion like a jackal stealing the property of a lion. [39] (4) If I have sufficiently worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead by pious works, sacrifices, charity, rituals and vows, and also by worshiping the demigods, brahmanas and gurus, then may Gadagraja come and take my hand, and not Damaghosa's son or anyone else. [40] (5) O unconquerable one, tomorrow when my marriage ceremony is about to begin, You should arrive unseen in Vidarbha and surround Yourself with the leaders of Your army. Then crush the forces of Caidya and Magadhendra and marry me in the Raksasa style, winning me with Your valor. [41] (6) Since I will be staying within the inner chambers of the palace, You may wonder, "How can I carry you away without killing some of your relatives?" But I shall tell You a way: On the day before the marriage there is a grand procession to honor the royal family's deity, and in this procession the new bride goes outside the city to visit Goddess Girija. [42] (7) O lotus-eyed one, great souls like Lord Siva hanker to bathe in the dust of Your lotus feet and thereby destroy their ignorance. If I cannot obtain Your mercy, I shall simply give up my vital force, which will have become weak from the severe penances I will perform. Then, after hundreds of lifetimes of endeavor, I may obtain Your mercy. [43]