Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.53.23

aho tri-yamantarita

udvaho me 'lpa-radhasah

nagacchaty aravindakso

naham vedmy atra karanam

so 'pi navartate 'dyapi

mat-sandesa-haro dvijah

SYNONYMS

aho -- alas; tri-yama -- three yamas (nine hours), i.e., the night; antaritah -- having ended; udvahah -- the marriage; me -- of me; alpa -- insufficient; radhasah -- whose good fortune; na agacchati -- does not come; aravinda-aksah -- lotus-eyed Krsna; na -- do not; aham -- I; vedmi -- know; atra -- for this; karanam -- the reason; sah -- he; api -- also; na avartate -- does not return; adya api -- even now; mat -- my; sandesa -- of the message; harah -- the carrier; dvijah -- the brahmana.

TRANSLATION

[Princess Rukmini thought:] Alas, my wedding is to take place when the night ends! How unlucky I am! Lotus-eyed Krsna does not come. I don't know why. And even the brahmana messenger has not yet returned.

PURPORT

It is apparent from this verse, as confirmed by Srila Sridhara Svami, that the present scene takes place before sunrise.

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