Draupadī Meets Kṛṣṇa’s Queens — Narratives of the Lord’s Marriages and the Queens’ Bhakti
श्रीसत्योवाच सप्तोक्षणोऽतिबलवीर्यसुतीक्ष्णशृङ्गान् पित्रा कृतान् क्षितिपवीर्यपरीक्षणाय । तान् वीरदुर्मदहनस्तरसा निगृह्य क्रीडन् बबन्ध ह यथा शिशवोऽजतोकान् ॥ १३ ॥ य इत्थं वीर्यशुल्कां मां दासीभिश्चतुरङ्गिणीम् । पथि निर्जित्य राजन्यान् निन्ये तद्दास्यमस्तु मे ॥ १४ ॥
śrī-satyovāca saptokṣaṇo ’ti-bala-vīrya-su-tīkṣṇa-śṛṅgān pitrā kṛtān kṣitipa-vīrya-parīkṣaṇāya tān vīra-durmada-hanas tarasā nigṛhya krīḍan babandha ha yathā śiśavo ’ja-tokān
室利·萨蒂雅说:我父亲为考验求婚诸王的武力,备下七头极其强壮、勇猛且角锋如刃的公牛。它们曾摧折许多英雄的狂傲;然而室利·奎师那轻而易举地制服它们,像孩童嬉戏般把小山羊系住那样将其捆缚。于是祂以自身勇力为“聘礼”得我为妻。随后祂携我与侍女及四部军队上路,沿途击败阻拦的诸王而带我归去。愿我得蒙恩准,常得奉事那位主。
Satyā explains that her father arranged seven immensely powerful bulls to test royal suitors; Kṛṣṇa effortlessly subdued and bound them, winning her hand.
Because He defeats displays of arrogant strength with ease, showing that worldly power is insignificant before the Supreme Lord.
The verse teaches humility: what seems impossible to humans is effortless for the Divine, so devotion and surrender are stronger than pride in ability.