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KRISHNA AVATARA
KRISHNA MARRYING RUKMINI
राजाऽऽसीद्भीष्मको नाम विदर्भाधिपतिर्महान् ।
तस्य पञ्चाभवन पुत्राः कन्यैका रुक्मिणी सती ॥
There was a great king named
Bhishmaka, the lord of the Vidarbhas.
He had five sons and one virtuous
daughter named Rukmini.
सोपश्रुत्य मुकुन्दस्य रूपवीर्यगुणश्रियः ।
गृहागतैर्गीयमानाः तं मेने सदृशं पतिम् ॥
Hearing of Krishna's beauty, heroism,
excellences and affluence sung by those
who came to her house, Rukmini thought
of Him as a suitable husband.
बन्धूनामिच्छतां दातुं कृष्णाय भगिनीं [नृप]।
ततो निवार्य कृष्णद्वि
When (all) the kinsmen desired to give
his sister in marriage to Krishna, Rukmi
(her eldest brother) who hated Krishna,
prevented them from doing so, and con-
sidered (Sisupala), the king of the Chedis
(as the proper husband).
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