Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 54 Verse 18

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 54: The Marriage of Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.54.18

rukmī tu rākṣasodvāhaḿ

kṛṣṇa-dviḍ asahan svasuḥ

pṛṣṭhato 'nvagamat kṛṣṇam

akṣauhiṇyā vṛto balī

SYNONYMS

rukmī — Rukmī; tu — however; rākṣasa — in the style of demons; udvāham — the marriage; kṛṣṇa-dviṭ — the hater of Kṛṣṇa; asahan — unable to bear; svasuḥ — of his sister; pṛṣṭhataḥ — from behind; anvagamat — he followed; kṛṣṇam — Lord Kṛṣṇa; akṣauhiṇyā — by an entire akṣauhiṇī division; vṛtaḥ — surrounded; balī — powerful.

TRANSLATION

Powerful Rukmī, however, was especially envious of Kṛṣṇa. He could not bear the fact that Kṛṣṇa had carried off his sister to marry her in the Rākṣasa style. Thus he pursued the Lord with an entire military division.

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