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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.58.57

sutāḿ ca madrādhipater

lakṣmaṇāḿ lakṣaṇair yatām

svayaḿ-vare jahāraikaḥ

sa suparṇaḥ sudhām iva

SYNONYMS

sutām — the daughter; ca — and; madra-adhipateḥ — of the ruler of Madra; lakṣmaṇāmLakṣmaṇā; lakṣaṇaiḥ — with all good qualities; yutām — endowed; svayam-vare — during her ceremony to choose a husband; jahāra — took away; ekaḥ — alone; saḥHe, Lord Kṛṣṇa; suparṇaḥGaruḍa; sudhām — nectar; ivaas.

TRANSLATION

Then the Lord married Lakṣmaṇā, the daughter of the King of Madra. Kṛṣṇa appeared alone at her svayaḿvara ceremony and took her away, just as Garuḍa once stole the demigods' nectar.

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