126 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 5

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bhismakera iccha, —krsne kanya samarpite
putrera virodhe kanyéd ndrila arpite”

SYNONYMS
bhismakera—of King Bhismaka; iccha—the desire; krsne —unto Krsna; kanya —
daughter; samarpite—to give; putrera—of his son; virodhe—by the objection;
kanya—daughter; narila—was unable; arpite—to offer.

TRANSLATION

“King Bhismaka wanted to give his daughter, Rukmini, in charity to Krsna,
but Rukmi, his eldest son, objected. Therefore he could not carry out his deci-
sion.”

PURPORT
As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.52.21):

rajasid bhismako nama
vidarbhadhipatir mahan

tasya paficabhavan putrah
kanyaikd ca varanana

King Bhismaka of Vidarbha wanted to offer Krsna his daughter, Rukmini, but
Rukmi, the eldest of his five sons, objected. Therefore he withdrew his decision
and decided to offer Rukmini to the King of Cedi, Sisupala, who was a cousin of
Krsna’s. However, Rukmini conceived of a trick; she sent a letter to Krsna asking
Him to kidnap her. Thus in order to please Rukmini, who was His great devotee,
Krsna kidnapped her. There ensued a great fight between Krsna and the opposing
party, headed by Rukmini’s brother Rukmi. Rukmi was defeated and, because of
his harsh words against Krsna, was about to be killed, but he was saved at the re-
quest of Rukmini. However, Krsna shaved off all of Rukmi’s hair with His sword. Sri
Balarama did not like this, and so to please Rukmini, Balarama rebuked Krsna.

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fore-ua feces farcaleca cate Ba | Q5 II
