श्रीमित्रविन्दोवाच यो मां स्वयंवर उपेत्य विजित्य भूपान् निन्ये श्वयूथगमिवात्मबलिं द्विपारि: । भ्रातृंश्च मेऽपकुरुत: स्वपुरं श्रियौक- स्तस्यास्तु मेऽनुभवमङ्घ्रयवनेजनत्वम् ॥ १२ ॥
śrī-mitravindovāca yo māṁ svayaṁvara upetya vijitya bhū-pān ninye śva-yūtha-gaṁ ivātma-baliṁ dvipāriḥ bhrātṝṁś ca me ’pakurutaḥ sva-puraṁ śriyaukas tasyāstu me ’nu-bhavam aṅghry-avanejanatvam
- śrī-mitravindā uvāca
- Śrī Mitravindā said
- yaḥ
- who
- mām
- me
- svayaṁ-vare
- during my svayaṁvara (the ceremony in which a princess chooses a husband from a number of eligible suitors)
- upetya
- coming forward
- vijitya
- after defeating
- bhū-pān
- kings
- ninye
- took
- śva
- of dogs
- yūtha
- into a group
- gam
- gone
- iva
- as if
- ātma
- own
- balim
- share
- dvipa-ariḥ
- a lion (“enemy of elephants”)
- bhrātṝn
- brothers
- ca
- and
- me
- my
- apakurutaḥ
- who were insulting Him
- sva
- to His
- puram
- capital city
- śrī
- of the goddess of fortune
- okaḥ
- the residence
- tasya
- His
- astu
- may be
- me
- for me
- anu-bhavam
- life after life
- aṅghri
- the feet
- avanejanatvam
- the status of washing
Śrī Mitravindā said: At my svayaṁvara ceremony He came forward, defeated all the kings present — including my brothers, who dared insult Him — and took me away just as a lion removes his prey from amidst a pack of dogs. Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa, the shelter of the goddess of fortune, brought me to His capital city. May I be allowed to serve Him by washing His feet, life after life.