Text 3] The Lord's Pastimes Out of Vṛndāvana
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stitutionally well-versed in all the  Vedas , and yet to teach by example that everyone must go to learn the  Vedas  from an authorized teacher and must satisfy the teacher by service and reward, He Himself adopted this system. The Lord offered His services to His teacher, Sāndīpani Muni, and the  muni , knowing the power of the Lord, asked something which was impossible to be done by anyone else. The teacher asked that his beloved son, who had died, be brought back to him, and the Lord fulfilled the request. The Lord is not, therefore, an ingrate to anyone who renders Him some sort of service. The devotees of the Lord who always engage in His loving service are never to be disappointed in the progressive march of devotional service.
TEXT 3
समाहुता भीष्मककन्यया ये 
    श्रियः सवर्णेन बुभूषयैषाम् । 
    गान्धर्ववृत्त्या मिषतां स्वभागं 
    जहे पदं मूर्ध्नि दधत्सुपर्णः ॥ ३ ॥
samāhutā bhīṣmaka-kanyayā ye 
    śriyaḥ savarṇena bubhūṣayaiṣām 
    gāndharva-vṛttyā mīṣatām sva-bhāgam 
    jahre padam mūrdhni dadhat suparṇaḥ
samāhutāḥ—invited; bhīṣmaka—of King Bhīṣmaka; kanyayā—by the daughter; ye—all those; śriyaḥ—fortune; savarṇena—by a similar sequence; bubhūṣayā—expecting to be so; eṣām—of them; gāndharva—in marrying; vṛttyā—by such a custom; mīṣatām—carrying so; sva-bhāgam—own share; jahre—took away; padam—let; mūrdhni—on the head; dadhat—placed; suparṇaḥ—Garuḍa.
TRANSLATION
Attracted by the beauty and fortune of Rukmiṇī, the daughter of King Bhīṣmaka, many great princes and kings assembled to marry her. But Lord Kṛṣṇa, stepping over the other hopeful candidates, carried her away as His own share, as Garuḍa carried away nectar.
PURPORT
Princess Rukmiṇī, the daughter of King Bhīṣmaka, was actually as attractive as fortune itself because she was as valuable as gold both in color and value. Since the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, is the property of