Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23


Sanskrit:

अहो त्रियामान्तरित उद्वाहो मेऽल्पराधस: । नागच्छत्यरविन्दाक्षो नाहं वेद्‍म्यत्र कारणम् । सोऽपि नावर्ततेऽद्यापि मत्सन्देशहरो द्विज: ॥ २३ ॥

ITRANS:

aho tri-yāmāntaritaudvāho me ’lpa-rādhasaḥnāgacchaty aravindākṣonāhaṁ vedmy atra kāraṇamso ’pi nāvartate ’dyāpimat-sandeśa-haro dvijaḥ

Translation:

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

Purport:

It is apparent from this verse, as confirmed by Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, that the present scene takes place before sunrise.