Love letter by Rukmini to Sri Krishna in Bhagavatham

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Rukmini Sandesa

Song Name: Srutva Gunan Bhuvana Sundara

Official Name: Canto 10 Chapter 52 Verses 37 to 43; Rukmini Sandesa

Author: Krsna Daipayana Vyasa

Book Name: Bhagavata Purana (Srimad Bhagavatam)

(1)

sri-rukminy uvaca

srutva gunan bhuvana-sundara srnvatam te

nirvisya karna-vivarair harato 'nga-tapam

rupam drsam drsimatam akhilartha-labham

tvayy acyutavisati cittam apatrapam me

(2)

ka tva mukunda mahati kula-sila-rupa-

vidya-vayo-dravina-dhamabhir atma-tulyam

dhira patim kulavati na vrnita kanya

kale nr-simha nara-loka-mano-'bhiramam

(3)

tan me bhavan khalu vrtah patir anga jayam

atmarpitas ca bhavato 'tra vibho vidhehi

ma vira-bhagam abhimarsatu caidya arad

gomayu-van mrga-pater balim ambujaksa

(4)

purtesta-datta-niyama-vrata-deva-vipra

gurv-arcanadibhir alam bhagavan paresah

aradhito yadi gadagraja etya panim

grhnatu me na damaghosa-sutadayo 'nye

(5)

svo bhavini tvam ajitodvahane vidarbhan

guptah sametya prtana-patibhih paritah

nirmathya caidya-magadhendra-balam prasahya

mam raksasena vidhinodvaha virya-sulkam

(6)

antah-purantara-carim anihatya bandhun

tvam udvahe katham iti pravadamy upayam

purve-dyur asti mahati kula-deva-yatra

yasyam bahir nava-vadhur girijam upeyat

(7)

yasyanghri-pankaja-rajah-snapanam mahanto

vanchanty uma-patir ivatma-tamo-'pahatyai

yarhy ambujaksa na labheya bhavat-prasadam

jahyam asun vrata-krsan sata-janmabhih syat

(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 Krsna. [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, letSisupala 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]