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by Jarāsandha. Jarāsandha concluded that the two brothers had been burned to ashes and that there was no need of further fighting. Thinking himself successful in his efforts, he left the city of Mathurā and returned to his home in the kingdom of Magadha. Gradually Krṣṇa and Balarāma reached the city of Dvārakā, which was surrounded on all sides by the sea.
Following this, Śrī Balarāma married Revatī, daughter of King Raivata, ruler of the Ānarta province. This is explained in the Ninth Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . After the marriage of Baladeva, Krṣṇa married Rukmiṇī. Rukmiṇī was the daughter of King Bhīṣmaka, ruler of the province known as Vidarbha. Just as Krṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, Rukmiṇī is the supreme goddess of fortune, Mahā-Lakṣmī. According to the authority of  Caitanya-caritāmṛta , the expansion of Krṣṇa and Śrī Rādhārāṇī is simultaneous; Krṣṇa expands Himself into various  Viṣṇu-tattva  forms, and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī expands Herself into various  śakti-tattva  forms by Her internal potency, as multi-forms of the goddess of fortune.
According to Vedic convention, there are eight kinds of marriages. In the first-class marriage system, the parents of the bride and bridegroom arrange the marriage date. Then, in royal style, the bridegroom goes to the house of the bride, and in the presence of  brāhmaṇas , priests and relatives, the bride is given in charity to the bridegroom. Besides this, there are other systems, such as the  gandharva  and  rākṣasa  marriages. Rukmiṇī was married to Krṣṇa in the  rākṣasa  style because she was kidnapped by Him in the presence of His many rivals, like Śiśupāla, Jarāsandha, Śālva and others. While Rukmiṇī was being given in charity to Śiśupāla, she was snatched from the marriage arena by Krṣṇa, exactly as Garuda snatched the pot of nectar from the demons. Rukmiṇī, the only daughter of King Bhīṣmaka, was exquisitely beautiful. She was known as Rucirānanā, which means “one who has a beautiful face, expanding like a lotus flower.”
Devotees of Krṣṇa are always anxious to hear about the transcendental activities of the Lord. His activities of fighting, kidnapping and running away from the battlefield are all transcendental, being on the absolute platform, and devotees take a transcendental interest in hearing of them. The pure devotee does not make the distinction that some activities of the Lord should be heard and others should be avoided. There is, however, a class of so-called devotees known as  prākṛta sahajiyā  who are very interested in hearing about Krṣṇa’s  rāsa-līlā  with the  gopīs , but not about His fighting activities with His enemies. They do not know that His bellicose activities and His friendly activities with the  gopīs  are equally transcendental, being on the absolute platform. The transcendental pastimes of