Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43


Sanskrit:

यस्याङ्‍‍घ्रिपङ्कजरज:स्‍नपनं महान्तोवाञ्छन्त्युमापतिरिवात्मतमोऽपहत्यै ।यर्ह्यम्बुजाक्ष न लभेय भवत्प्रसादंजह्यामसून्व्रतकृशान् शतजन्मभि: स्यात् ॥ ४३ ॥

ITRANS:

yasyāṅghri-paṅkaja-rajaḥ-snapanaṁ mahāntovāñchanty umā-patir ivātma-tamo-’pahatyaiyarhy ambujākṣa na labheya bhavat-prasādaṁjahyām asūn vrata-kṛśān śata-janmabhiḥ syāt

Translation:

O lotus-eyed one, great souls like Lord Śiva hanker to bathe in the dust of Your lotus feet and thereby destroy their ignorance. If I cannot obtain Your mercy, I shall simply give up my vital force, which will have become weak from the severe penances I will perform. Then, after hundreds of lifetimes of endeavor, I may obtain Your mercy.

Purport:

The divine Rukmiṇī’s extraordinary dedication to Śrī Kṛṣṇa is possible only on the spiritual platform, not in the fragile world of mundane affection.