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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.52.18
sri-rajovaca
rukminim rucirananam
SYNONYMS
sri-raja uvaca -- the King (Parikshit Maharaja) said; bhagavan -- the Supreme Lord; bhishmaka-sutam -- the daughter of Bhishmaka; rukminim -- Srimati Rukmini-devi; rucira -- charming; ananam -- whose face; rakshasena -- called Rakshasa; vidhanena -- by the method (namely, by kidnapping); upayeme -- He married; iti -- thus; srutam -- heard.
TRANSLATION
King Parikshit said: The Supreme Lord married Rukmini, the beautiful-faced daughter of Bhishmaka, in the Rakshasa style -- or so I have heard.
PURPORT
Srila Sridhara Svami quotes the following smriti statement: rakshaso yuddha-haranat. "A Rakshasa marriage takes place when the bride is stolen from one's rival suitors by force." Similarly, Sukadeva Gosvami himself has already said, rajnah pramathya: Krishna had to beat down opposing kings to take Rukmini.
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