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Once upon a time, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the bestower of all knowledge upon Kṛṣṇa was sitting on the bedstead of Rukmiṇī, and the maidservants were fanning Him with cāmaras (yak-tail

Lord Kṛṣṇa’s dealings with Rukmiṇī as a perfect husband are a perfect manifestation of the supreme perfection transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He descended in His eternal form as Śrī Kṛṣṇa

In this situation, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa sat very comfortably and enjoyed the service of Rukmiṇījī, who was

Above all, because she was engaged in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa – although at that time she was old enough

The pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī in Dvārakā are accepted by great authorities as manifestations of those The pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana are simple and rural, distinguished from the polished urban The characteristics of Rukmiṇī were unusually bright, and Kṛṣṇa was very much satisfied with her behavior

Kṛṣṇa had experienced that when Rukmiṇī was offered a pārijāta flower by Nārada Muni, Satyabhāmā had become envious of her co-wife and had immediately demanded a similar flower from Kṛṣṇa. And Kṛṣṇa actually fulfilled His promise: He brought the tree down to the earth planet from the heavenly Kṛṣṇa wanted to see her a bit irritated, and therefore He schemed to see the beautiful face of Rukmiṇī Thus Kṛṣṇa did not address her as Rukmiṇī; He addressed her this time as the princess.

“In comparison to Śiśupāla, with his personal qualities, I am nothing. And you may personally realize it. I am surprised …

“First of all, you may know that I was so much afraid of Jarāsandha that I could not dare live …

“Besides this, I am not very much polished, even in social etiquette. A person should be satisfied with one wife, …

Although My foster father possessed many hundreds of thousands of cows, I was not the proprietor of even

“But there is no harm; the mistake can still be rectified, and it is better late than never. You are …

Kṛṣṇa was proposing that Rukmiṇī divorce Him at a time when Rukmiṇī already had many grown-up children Therefore Kṛṣṇa’s whole proposition appeared to be something unexpected because according to the Vedic To Rukmiṇī every one of Kṛṣṇa’s proposals appeared crazy, and she was surprised that Kṛṣṇa could say Simple as she was, her anxiety was increasing more and more at the thought of separation from Kṛṣṇa.

Kṛṣṇa continued: “After all, you have to prepare yourself for your next life.

After submitting His statement, Lord Kṛṣṇa suddenly stopped.

The great authority Śukadeva Gosvāmī remarks that Kṛṣṇa almost always passed His time with Rukmiṇī, and Rukmiṇī was a bit proud to be so fortunate that Kṛṣṇa never left her even for a moment. Kṛṣṇa, however, does not like any of His devotees to be proud. In this case also, Kṛṣṇa said many things which were hard for Rukmiṇī to hear. She could only conclude that although she was proud of her position, Kṛṣṇa could be separated from her

speaking, she was afraid of being separated from the Lord, for she had never heard such harsh words from Kṛṣṇa Without replying to a word of Kṛṣṇa’s statement, she simply cried in great anxiety, as if drowning in The cāmara with which she was serving Kṛṣṇa immediately fell from her hand.

Lord Kṛṣṇa immediately realized that Rukmiṇī had not taken His words in a joking spirit. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is naturally very affectionate toward His devotees, and when He saw Rukmiṇī’s condition The relationship between Rukmiṇī and Kṛṣṇa was like that between Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa; therefore, Kṛṣṇa Lord Kṛṣṇa dried the wet breasts of Rukmiṇījī with His hand.

Kṛṣṇa understood that Rukmiṇī could not follow the statements He had made in a joking way.

“My dear daughter of King Vidarbha, My dear Rukmiṇī, please do not misunderstand Me. Don’t be unkind to Me like …

Lord Kṛṣṇa wanted to exhibit Himself as being like an ordinary householder who delights himself by exchanging