Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 58: Kṛṣṇa Marries Five Princesses

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.58.30

vindyānuvindyāv āvantyau

duryodhana-vaśānugau

svayaḿ-vare sva-bhaginīḿ

kṛṣṇe saktāḿ nyaṣedhatām

SYNONYMS

vindya-anuvindyauVindya and Anuvindya; āvantyau — dual kings of Avantī; duryodhana-vaśa-anugau — subservient to Duryodhana; svayamvarein the ceremony of choosing her own husband; sva — their; bhaginīm — sister; kṛṣṇeto Kṛṣṇa; saktām — who was attracted; nyaṣedhatām — they forbade.

TRANSLATION

Vindya and Anuvindya, who shared the throne of Avantī, were followers of Duryodhana's. When the time came for their sister [Mitravindā] to select her husband in the svayaḿvara ceremony, they forbade her to choose Kṛṣṇa, although she was attracted to Him.

PURPORT

The feelings of enmity between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas were so strong that Mitravindā's brothers, out of friendship for Duryodhana, forbade the young maiden to accept Kṛṣṇa as her husband.

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