Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.61.20

śrī-rājovāca

kathaḿ rukmy arī-putrāya

prādād duhitaraḿ yudhi

kṛṣṇena paribhūtas taḿ

hantuḿ randhraḿ pratīkṣate

etad ākhyāhi me vidvan

dviṣor vaivāhikaḿ mithaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-rājā uvāca — the King said; katham — how; rukmī — Rukmī; ari — of his enemy; putrāya — to the son; prādāt — gave; duhitaram — his daughter; yudhi — in battle; kṛṣṇena — by Kṛṣṇa; paribhūtaḥ — defeated; tam — Him (Lord Kṛṣṇa); hantum — to kill; randhram — the opportunity; pratīkṣate — he was waiting for; etat — this; ākhyāhi — please explain; me — to me; vidvan — O learned one; dviṣoḥ — of the two enemies; vaivāhikam — the marital arrangement; mithaḥ — between them.

TRANSLATION

King Parīkṣit said: How could Rukmī give his daughter to his enemy's son? After all, Rukmī had been defeated by Lord Kṛṣṇa in battle and was waiting for an opportunity to kill Him. Please explain this to me, O learned one — how these two inimical parties became united through marriage.

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