श्रीरुक्मिण्युवाच चैद्याय मार्पयितुमुद्यतकार्मुकेषु राजस्वजेयभटशेखरिताङ्घ्रिरेणु: । निन्ये मृगेन्द्र इव भागमजावियूथात् तच्छ्रीनिकेतचरणोऽस्तु ममार्चनाय ॥ ८ ॥
śrī-rukmiṇy uvāca caidyāya mārpayitum udyata-kārmukeṣu rājasv ajeya-bhaṭa-śekharitāṅghri-reṇuḥ ninye mṛgendra iva bhāgam ajāvi-yūthāt tac-chrī-niketa-caraṇo ’stu mamārcanāya
- śrī-rukmiṇī uvāca
- Śrī Rukmiṇī said
- caidyāya
- to Śiśupāla
- mā
- me
- arpayitum
- in order to offer
- udyata
- holding at the ready
- kārmukeṣu
- whose bows
- rājasu
- when the kings
- ajeya
- invincible
- bhaṭa
- of soldiers
- śekharita
- placed upon the heads
- aṅghri
- of whose feet
- reṇuḥ
- the dust
- ninye
- He took away
- mṛgendraḥ
- a lion
- iva
- as if
- bhāgam
- his share
- aja
- of goats
- avi
- and sheep
- yūthāt
- from a group
- tat
- of Him
- śrī
- of the supreme goddess of fortune
- niketa
- who is the abode
- caraṇaḥ
- the feet
- astu
- may be
- mama
- my
- arcanāya
- for the worship
Śrī Rukmiṇī said: When all the kings held their bows at the ready to assure that I would be presented to Śiśupāla, He who puts the dust of His feet on the heads of invincible warriors took me from their midst, as a lion forcibly takes his prey from the midst of goats and sheep. May I always be allowed to worship those feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the abode of Goddess Śrī.