Chapter 60
श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच कर्हिचित् सुखमासीनं स्वतल्पस्थं जगद्गुरुम् । पतिं पर्यचरद् भैष्मी व्यजनेन सखीजनै: ॥ १ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca karhicit sukham āsīnaṁ sva-talpa-sthaṁ jagad-gurum patiṁ paryacarad bhaiṣmī vyajanena sakhī-janaiḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ — Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of Bādarāyaṇa Vedavyāsa; uvāca — said; karhicit — on one occasion; sukham — comfortably; āsīnam — sitting; sva — on her; talpa — bed; stham — situated; jagat — of the universe; gurum — the spiritual master; patim — her husband; paryacarat — served; bhaiṣmī — Rukmiṇī; vyajanena — by fanning; sakhī-janaiḥ — together with her female companions.
Translation
“Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Once, in the company of her maidservants, Queen Rukmiṇī was personally serving her husband, the spiritual master of the universe, by fanning Him as He relaxed on her bed.”