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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 10 · Chapter 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī

10.54.32 10.54.34

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.54.33

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Rukmiṇīsince 10.54.33inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीरुक्‍मिण्युवाच

योगेश्वराप्रमेयात्मन् देवदेव जगत्पते ।

हन्तुं नार्हसि कल्याण भ्रातरं मे महाभुज ॥ ३३ ॥

śrī-rukmiṇy uvāca

yogeśvarāprameyātman

deva-deva jagat-pate

hantuṁ nārhasi kalyāṇa

bhrātaraṁ me mahā-bhuja

Translation

Śrī Rukmiṇī said: O controller of all mystic power, immeasurable one, Lord of lords, master of the universe! O all auspicious and mighty-armed one, please do not kill my brother!

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Appealing to the All-Auspicious Lord

1
Rukmiṇī addresses Kṛṣṇa as the controller of all mystic power and the immeasurable one.
2
She calls Him the Lord of lords and master of the universe, acknowledging His supreme position.
3
Calling Him all-auspicious and mighty-armed, she asks Him not to kill her brother.

How it feels

Yearning and danger → Marriage and reciprocity. A wider range of divine relationships appears.

Chapters 50–59 of Canto 10: Dvārakā, Rukmiṇī and royal rescues. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Then He raised His sword high and was about to kill Rukmī when Rukmiṇī interceded and fervently pleaded that her brother’s life be spared. Lord Kṛṣṇa did not kill Rukmī, but with His sword He shaved off bits of Rukmī’s hair here and there, leaving him disfigured.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.54