का त्वा मुकुन्द महती कुलशीलरूप- विद्यावयोद्रविणधामभिरात्मतुल्यम् । धीरा पतिं कुलवती न वृणीत कन्या काले नृसिंह नरलोकमनोऽभिरामम् ॥ ३८ ॥
kā tvā mukunda mahatī kula-śīla-rūpa- vidyā-vayo-draviṇa-dhāmabhir ātma-tulyam dhīrā patiṁ kulavatī na vṛṇīta kanyā kāle nṛ-siṁha nara-loka-mano-’bhirāmam
- kā
- who
- tvā
- You
- mukunda
- O Kṛṣṇa
- mahatī
- aristocratic
- kula
- in terms of family background
- śīla
- character
- rūpa
- beauty
- vidyā
- knowledge
- vayaḥ
- youth
- draviṇa
- property
- dhāmabhiḥ
- and influence
- ātma
- to Yourself only
- tulyam
- equal
- dhīrā
- who is sober
- patim
- as her husband
- kula-vatī
- of a good family
- na vṛṇīta
- would not choose
- kanyā
- marriageable young lady
- kāle
- at such a time
- nṛ
- among men
- siṁha
- O lion
- nara-loka
- of human society
- manaḥ
- to the minds
- abhirāmam
- who give pleasure
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?