Shloka 45

Devanagari script

रुक्मिणीं चाब्रवीत्‌ प्रीत: सर्वस्त्रीणां वरं यश:

Transliteration

vāyudeva uvāca | rukmiṇīṁ cābravīt prītaḥ sarvastrīṇāṁ varaṁ yaśaḥ, spṛkṣyanti puṇyagandhā ca kṛṣṇam ārādhayiṣyasi |

Translation

Vāyu-deva sprach: Wohlgefällig redete der Weise zu Rukmiṇī: „O glückverheißende Frau, du wirst den erlesensten Ruf unter allen Frauen und den höchsten Ruhm in der Welt erlangen. Kein Makel—weder Alter, noch Krankheit, noch Verlust der Schönheit—wird dich berühren. Mit reinem, heiligem Duft begabt, wirst du in hingebungsvoller Verehrung Śrī Kṛṣṇas leben.“

Word by Word

• रुक्मिणीम्: Rukmiṇī (as object)
• रुक्मिणीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रीतः: pleased, delighted
• प्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वस्त्रीणाम्: of all women
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• वरम्: best, excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यशः: fame, glory
• यशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्प्रक्ष्यन्ति: will touch
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पुण्यगन्धाः: having holy fragrance / fragrant with sanctity
• पुण्यगन्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य-गन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कृष्णम्: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आराधयिष्यसि: you will worship/propitiate
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध्
• Form: Periphrastic Future (Luṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva
• Rukmiṇī
• Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Devotion to Kṛṣṇa and virtuous conduct are portrayed as sources of enduring renown and divine protection, so that worldly afflictions and decline do not overpower one’s spiritual and moral stature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva (speaking within the episode) conveys a pleased benediction to Rukmiṇī, predicting her unsurpassed fame among women, freedom from debilitating defects, and a life characterized by sacred fragrance and devoted worship of Kṛṣṇa.