Text 22
iti trilokeśa-pates tadātmanaḥ
priyasya devy aśruta-pūrvam apriyam
āśrutya bhītā hṛdi jāta-vepathuś
cintāṁ durantāṁ rudatī jagāma ha
iti — thus; tri-loka — of the three worlds; īśa — of the lords; pateḥ — of the master; tadā — then; ātmanaḥ — of her own; priyasya — beloved; devī — the goddess, Rukmiṇī; aśruta — never heard; pūrvam — previously; apriyam — unpleasantness; āśrutya — hearing; bhītā — frightened; hṛdi — in her heart; jāta — born; vepathuḥ — trembling; cintām — anxiety; durantām — terrible; rudatī — sobbing; jagāma ha — she experienced.
Goddess Rukmiṇī had never before heard such unpleasantries from her beloved, the Lord of universal rulers, and she became frightened. A tremor arose in her heart, and in terrible anxiety she began to cry.