546 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 10

becomes manifest without mundane affinity. The kissing of the Lord,
either by His wives or His young girl friends who aspired to have the Lord
as their fiance, is not of any mundane perverted quality. Had such things
been mundane, a liberated soul like Sukadeva would not have taken the
trouble to relish them, nor would Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu have
been inclined to participate in those subjects after renouncing worldly life.
The stage is earned after many lives of penance.

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MT Maaesa FI Alar
mae ETAT fe Alea: |
SUT
TEM AY ARH RAI

ya virya-Sulkena krtah svayamvare
pramathya caidya pramukhan hi susminah
pradyumna-sambamba-sutadayo ‘para
yas cahrta bhauma-vadhe sahasrasah
ya—the lady; virya—prowess; sulkena—by payment of the price; hrtah—
taken away by force; svayamvare—in the open selection of the bridegroom;
pramathya—harassing; caidya—King Sisupala; pramukhan—headed by; hi—
positively; susminah—all very powerful; pradyumna—Pradyumna (Krgsna’s
son); samba—Samba; amba—Amba; suta-ddayah—children; aparah—other
ladies; yah—those; ca—also; ahrtah—similarly brought; bhauma-vadhe—
after killing kings; sahasrasah—by the thousands.

TRANSLATION

Pradyumna, Samba, Amba, etc., are His children, and ladies like
Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, etc., were forcibly taken away by Him
when He selected them as brides after having defeated many powerful
kings, headed by Sisupala. And other ladies were also forcibly taken away
by Him after He killed Bhaumasura and thousands of his assistants. All of
them are glorious.

PURPORT

Exceptionally qualified daughters of powerful kings were allowed to
make a choice of their own bridegrooms in open competition, and such
ceremonies were called svayarivara, or selecting the bridegroom. And
