tathā hi hari-vaṁśe—
kuṭumbasyeśvarī yāsīd rukmiṇī bhīṣmakātmajā |
satyabhāmottamā strīṇāṁ saubhāgye cādhikābhavat
na me tvattaḥ priyatamā kācid anyā nitambinī |
ṣoḍaśa-strī-sahasrāṇāṁ priye prāṇa-samā hy asiquoted · hi hari-vaṁśe
The verse — decoded
L1citation
kuṭumbasyeśvarī yāsīd rukmiṇī bhīṣmakātmajā |
kuṭumbasyaof the whole household gen.कुटुम्ब की (जिसकी)
īśvarīwas its mistress, its queenस्वामिनी
yāthe one who rel. pron., picking up Rukmiṇīजो (रुक्मिणी)
āsītwas, once was impf.थी
rukmiṇīnamely Rukmiṇīरुक्मिणी
bhīṣmaka-ātmajāthe daughter of Bhīṣmakaभीष्मक की पुत्री
rukmiṇī — Rukmiṇī; bhīṣmaka-ātmajā — daughter of Bhīṣmaka; yā — who; kuṭumbasya — of the household; īśvarī — its mistress; āsīt — was.
जो भीष्मक की पुत्री रुक्मिणी समस्त कुटुम्ब की स्वामिनी थी,
Rukmiṇī, the daughter of Bhīṣmaka, was the one who ran the whole household — its mistress.
भीष्मक की पुत्री रुक्मिणी सारे कुटुम्ब की स्वामिनी थी।
Why cited: cited to name Rukmiṇī, Bhīṣmaka's daughter, as the queen set over Kṛṣṇa's household — one of the chief beloveds this prakaraṇa is ranking.
L2citation
satyabhāmottamā strīṇāṁ saubhāgye cādhikābhavat
satyabhāmāSatyabhāmāसत्यभामा
uttamāwas the finest, the topmostउत्तम (श्रेष्ठ)
strīṇāmof all the women gen. pl.स्त्रियों में
saubhāgyeand in saubhāgya — the fortune of being loved by her husband loc., sphere in whichसौभाग्य में (जिस दृष्टि से)
caand, moreoverऔर
adhikāstood higher, surpassing the rest(सबसे) अधिक
abhavatwas, turned out to be impf.थी
satyabhāmā — Satyabhāmā; strīṇām — of the women; uttamā — the finest; saubhāgye ca — and in the fortune of being loved; adhikā — stood higher; abhavat — was.
और सत्यभामा स्त्रियों में उत्तम तथा सौभाग्य में सबसे अधिक थी।
Satyabhāmā was the finest of the women. And in saubhāgya — the good fortune of being loved by her husband — she stood above the rest.
सत्यभामा स्त्रियों में श्रेष्ठ थी, और सौभाग्य में सबसे बढ़कर थी।
Why cited: cited to rank Satyabhāmā as foremost of the women and as surpassing in saubhāgya — the fortune of being loved — sharpening the question of who stands dearmost.
saubhāgya: at home the word means good fortune in general; here it is the specific fortune of a wife being cherished by her husband — the very measure by which co-wives are ranked against one another.
L3citation
na me tvattaḥ priyatamā kācid anyā nitambinī |
nathere is no…नहीं
mefor me, in my eyes gen./dat.मेरी (मेरे लिए)
tvattaḥthan you abl. of comparisonतुझसे (बढ़कर)
priyatamādearer — the very dearmost superl.सबसे प्रिय
kācidany at allकोई
anyāotherदूसरी
nitambinīwomanनितम्बिनी (सुन्दरी)
me — for me; tvattaḥ — than you; anyā kācid nitambinī — any other woman; priyatamā — dearer; na [asti] — there is none.
तुझसे बढ़कर प्रिय मेरी कोई दूसरी सुन्दरी नहीं है।
Here Kṛṣṇa speaks: For me there is no other woman anywhere dearer than you.
हे सुन्दरी! तुझसे बढ़कर प्रिय मुझे कोई दूसरी स्त्री नहीं है।
Why cited: cited as Kṛṣṇa's own declaration that no other woman is dearer to him than the one addressed — direct proof for the dearmost-beloved theme of the prakaraṇa.
nitambinī: literally 'one with fair hips,' a stock poetic word for a woman or lady.
L4citation
ṣoḍaśa-strī-sahasrāṇāṁ priye prāṇa-samā hy asi
ṣoḍaśa-strī-sahasrāṇāmout of the sixteen thousand women gen. pl.सोलह हजार स्त्रियों में
priyeO beloved voc.हे प्रिये!
prāṇa-samāthe one equal to my very life-breathप्राणों के समान
hifor indeed, trulyनिश्चय ही
asiyou are 2 sg.तू है
priye — O beloved; ṣoḍaśa-strī-sahasrāṇām — out of the sixteen thousand women; hi — indeed; prāṇa-samā — equal to my life-breath; asi — you are.
हे प्रिये! तू सोलह हजार स्त्रियों में निश्चय ही प्राणों के समान है।
O beloved, out of all the sixteen thousand women, you are truly the one who is as dear to me as my own life.
हे प्रिये! तू सोलह हजार रानियों में मेरे प्राणों के समान (प्रिय) है।
Why cited: cited to show that among the full sixteen thousand queens, the beloved addressed is held by Kṛṣṇa to be as dear as his own life — the top of the ranking the passage has been building.