Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.15

divi bhuvi ca rasāyām kāh striyas tad-durāpāh

kapata-rucira-hāsa-bhrū-vijrimbhasya yāh syuh

carana-raja upāste yasya bhūtir vayam kā

api ca kripana-pakshe hy uttamah-śloka-śabdah

SYNONYMS

divi — in the heavenly region; bhuvi — on the earth; ca — and; rasāyām — in the subterranean sphere; kāh — what; striyah — women; tat — by Him; durāpāh — unobtainable; kapata — deceptive; rucira — charming; hāsa — with smiles; bhrū — of whose eyebrows; vijrimbhasya — the arching; yāh — who; syuh — become; carana — of the feet; rajah — the dust; upāste — worships; yasya — whose; bhūtih — the goddess of fortune, wife of Lord Nārāyana; vayam — we; kā — who; api ca — nevertheless; kripana-pakshe — for those who are wretched; hi — indeed; uttamah-śloka — the Supreme Lord, who is glorified by the most sublime prayers; śabdah — the name.

TRANSLATION

In heaven, on earth or in the subterranean sphere, what women are unavailable to Him? He simply arches His eyebrows and smiles with deceptive charm, and they all become His. The supreme goddess herself worships the dust of His feet, so what is our position in comparison? But at least those who are wretched can chant His name, Uttamahśloka.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī states that Rādhārānī's speech, expressing all the feelings of a disappointed lover, indicates an intensity of love for Śrī Krishna surpassing even that of the goddess of fortune. While all the gopīs are perfectly compatible with Śrī Krishna in terms of their beauty, temperament and so on, Śrīmatī Rādhārānī is especially so. In Her forlorn state, Rādhārānī indicates to Krishna, "You are called Uttamahśloka because You are merciful to the wretched and fallen, but if You would be merciful to Me, then You would actually deserve this exalted name."

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī further points out that in this verse, Śrīmatī Rādhārānī expresses Her spite born of pride, accuses Krishna of being a cheater and finds fault with His behavior. Thus this verse contains speech known as ujjalpa, as described in the following verse of the Ujjvala-nīlamani (14.188):

hareh kuhakatākhyānam

garva-garbhitayershyayā

sāsūyaś ca tad-ākshepo

dhīrair ujjalpa īryate

"The declaration of Lord Hari's duplicitous nature in a mood of spite born of pride, together with jealously spoken insults directed against Him, has been termed ujjalpa by the wise."

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