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Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 60: Lord Kṛṣṇa Teases Queen Rukmiṇī.

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 58

śrī-śuka uvāca
evaṁ saurata-saṁlāpair
bhagavān jagad-īśvaraḥ
sva-rato ramayā reme
nara-lokaṁ viḍambayan

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam—in this way; saurata—conjugal; saṁlāpaiḥ—by conversations; bhagavān—the Supreme Lord; jagat—of the universe; īśvaraḥ—the master; sva—in Himself; rataḥ—taking pleasure; ramayā—with Ramā, the goddess of fortune (that is, with Queen Rukmiṇī); reme—He enjoyed; nara-lokam—the world of humans; viḍambayan—imitating.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: And so the self-satisfied Supreme Lord of the universe enjoyed with the goddess of fortune, engaging her in lovers' talks and thus imitating the ways of human society.

PURPORT

The word viḍambayan means "imitating" and also "ridiculing." The Lord acted like a husband of this world, but His pastimes are transcendental and expose the perverted nature of mundane activities aimed at bodily sense gratification.