श्रीभगवानुवाच भवत्यो यदि मे दास्यो मयोक्तं वा करिष्यथ । अत्रागत्य स्ववासांसि प्रतीच्छत शुचिस्मिता: । नो चेन्नाहं प्रदास्ये किं क्रुद्धो राजा करिष्यति ॥ १६ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca bhavatyo yadi me dāsyo mayoktaṁ vā kariṣyatha atrāgatya sva-vāsāṁsi pratīcchata śuci-smitāḥ no cen nāhaṁ pradāsye kiṁ kruddho rājā kariṣyati
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- bhavatyaḥ
- you
- yadi
- if
- me
- My
- dāsyaḥ
- servants
- mayā
- by Me
- uktam
- what has been spoken
- vā
- or
- kariṣyatha
- you will do
- atra
- here
- āgatya
- coming
- sva-vāsāṁsi
- your own garments
- pratīcchata
- pick out
- śuci
- fresh
- smitāḥ
- whose smiles
- na u
- not
- cet
- if
- na
- not
- aham
- I
- pradāsye
- will give
- kim
- what
- kruddhaḥ
- angry
- rājā
- the king
- kariṣyati
- will be able to do
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: If you girls are actually My maidservants, and if you will really do what I say, then come here with your innocent smiles and let each girl pick out her clothes. If you don’t do what I say, I won’t give them back to you. And even if the king becomes angry, what can he do?