Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.001
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
ekaikaśas tāḥ kṛṣṇasya putrān daśa-daśābalāḥ / ajījanann anavamān pituḥ sarvātma-sampadā
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Each of Kṛṣṇa's wives bore ten sons, all endowed with every excellence of their father and none inferior to Him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.002
gṛhād anapagaṃ vīkṣya rāja-putryo 'cyutaṃ sthitam / preṣṭhaṃ nyamaṃsata svaṃ svaṃ na tat-tattva-vidaḥ striyaḥ
English translation
Seeing Acyuta always present in her own palace, each princess thought herself His dearest wife. The women did not understand the truth of His power.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.003*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
cārv-abja-kośa-vadanāyata-bāhu-netra- / sa-prema-hāsa-rasa-vīkṣita-valgu-jalpaiḥ sammohitā bhagavato na mano vijetuṃ / svair vibhramaiḥ samaśakan vanitā vibhūmnaḥ
English translation
Their faces beautiful as lotus buds and their arms and eyes long and lovely, the women tried to captivate the all-powerful Lord with affectionate smiles, nectarous glances, charming words, and feminine graces, but they could not conquer His mind.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.004*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
smāyāvaloka-lava-darśita-bhāva-hāri / bhrū-maṇḍala-prahita-saurata-mantra-śauṇḍaiḥ & / patnyas tu śoḍaśa-sahasram anaṅga-bāṇair / yasyendriyaṃ vimathitum karaṇair na śekuḥ
English translation
His sixteen thousand wives could not disturb His senses with the arrows of Love: fleeting smiles and glances revealing their feelings, enchanting movements of their brows, and expert messages of passion.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.005*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
itthaṃ ramā-patim avāpya patiṃ striyas tā / brahmādayo 'pi na viduḥ padavīṃ yadīyām & / bhejur mudāviratam edhitayānurāga- / hāsāvaloka-nava-saṅgama-lālasādyam
English translation
Thus those women obtained as their husband the Lord of Ramā, whose path even Brahmā and the other gods cannot know. With ever-growing affection, joyful smiles and glances, and longing for fresh union, they served Him without cease.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.006*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
pratyudgamāsana-varārhaṇa-pāda-śauca- / tāmbūla-viśramaṇa-vījana-gandha-mālyaiḥ & / keśa-prasāra-śayana-snapanopahāryaiḥ / dāsī-śatā api vibhor vidadhuḥ sma dāsyam
English translation
Although each had hundreds of maidservants, the queens personally served the almighty Lord by rising to greet Him, offering a seat and excellent worship, washing His feet, presenting betel, attending Him in repose, fanning Him, offering fragrances and garlands, arranging His hair and bed, bathing Him, and bringing gifts.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.007
tāsāṃ yā daśa-putrāṇāṃ kṛṣṇa-strīṇāṃ puroditāḥ / aṣṭau mahiṣyas tat-putrān pradyumnādīn gṛṇāmi te
English translation
I shall now name for you the sons, beginning with Pradyumna, born to the eight chief queens among Kṛṣṇa's wives, each of whom had ten sons as already stated.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.008
cārudeṣṇaḥ sudeṣṇaś ca cārudehaś ca vīryavān / sucāruś cāruguptaś ca bhadracārus tathāparaḥ
English translation
They were Cārudeṣṇa, Sudeṣṇa, the mighty Cārudeha, Sucāru, Cārugupta, and another named Bhadracāru,
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.009
cārucandro vicāruś ca cāruś ca daśamo hareḥ / pradyumna-pramukhā jātā rukmiṇyāṃ nāvamāḥ pituḥ
English translation
Cārucandra, Vicāru, and Cāru, the tenth son of Hari. Headed by Pradyumna, these sons were born to Rukmiṇī and were not inferior to their father.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.010
bhānuḥ subhānuḥ svarbhānuḥ prabhānur bhānumāṃs tathā / candrabhānur bṛhadbhānur atibhānus tathāṣṭamaḥ
English translation
Bhānu, Subhānu, Svarbhānu, Prabhānu, Bhānumān, Candrabhānu, Bṛhadbhānu, and the eighth, Atibhānu,
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.011
śrībhānuḥ pratibhānuś ca satyabhāmātmajā daśa / sāmbaḥ sumitraḥ purujic chatajic ca sahasrajit
English translation
together with Śrībhānu and Pratibhānu, were Satyabhāmā's ten sons. Jāmbavatī's sons were Sāmba, Sumitra, Purujit, Śatajit, Sahasrajit,
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.012
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
vijayaś citraketuś ca vasumān draviḍaḥ kratuḥ / jāmbavatyāḥ sutā hy ete sāmbādyāḥ pitṛ-sammatāḥ
English translation
Vijaya, Citraketu, Vasumān, Draviḍa, and Kratu. These sons of Jāmbavatī, beginning with Sāmba, were favored by their father.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.013
vīraś candro 'śvasenaś ca citragur vegavān vṛṣaḥ / āmaḥ śaṅkur vasuḥ śrīmān kuntir nāgnajiteḥ sutāḥ
English translation
Vīra, Candra, Aśvasena, Citragu, Vegavān, Vṛṣa, Āma, Śaṅku, Vasu, and the splendid Kunti were the sons of Nāgnajitī.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.014
śrutaḥ kavir vṛṣo vīraḥ subāhur bhadra ekalaḥ / śāntir darśaḥ pūrṇamāsaḥ kālindyāḥ somako 'varaḥ
English translation
Śruta, Kavi, Vṛṣa, Vīra, Subāhu, Bhadra, Ekala, Śānti, Darśa, Pūrṇamāsa, and the youngest, Somaka, were Kālindī's sons.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.015
praghoṣo gātravān siṃho balaḥ prabala ūrdhagaḥ / mādryāḥ putrā mahāśaktiḥ saha ojo 'parājitaḥ
English translation
Praghoṣa, Gātravān, Siṃha, Bala, Prabala, Ūrdhaga, Mahāśakti, Saha, Ojas, and Aparājita were the sons of Mādrī.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.016
vṛko harṣo 'nilo gṛdhro vardhanonnāda eva ca / mahāṃsaḥ pāvano vahnir mitravindātmajāḥ kṣudhiḥ
English translation
Vṛka, Harṣa, Anila, Gṛdhra, Vardhana, Unnāda, Mahāṃsa, Pāvana, Vahni, and Kṣudhi were the sons of Mitravindā.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.017
saṅgrāmajid bṛhatsenaḥ śūraḥ praharaṇo 'rijit / jayaḥ subhadro bhadrāyā vāma āyuś ca satyakaḥ
English translation
Saṅgrāmajit, Bṛhatsena, Śūra, Praharaṇa, Arijit, Jaya, Subhadra, Vāma, Āyu, and Satyaka were Bhadrā's sons.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.018
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
dīptimāṃs tāmrataptādyā rohiṇyās tanayā hareḥ / pradyumnāc cāniruddho 'bhūd rukmavatyāṃ mahā-balaḥ / putryāṃ tu rukmiṇo rājan nāmnā bhojakaṭe pure
English translation
Dīptimān, Tāmratapta, and others were Hari's sons by Rohiṇī. O King, mighty Aniruddha was born to Pradyumna through Rukmavatī, Rukmī's daughter, in the city of Bhojakaṭa.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.019
eteṣāṃ putra-pautrāś ca babhūvuḥ koṭiśo nṛpa / mātaraḥ kṛṣṇa-jātīnāṃ sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa
English translation
O King, the sons and grandsons of these princes numbered in the tens of millions, and the mothers of Kṛṣṇa's children numbered sixteen thousand.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.020
Speaker: śrī-rājovāca
kathaṃ rukmy arī-putrāya prādād duhitaraṃ yudhi / kṛṣṇena paribhūtas taṃ hantuṃ randhraṃ pratīkṣate / etad ākhyāhi me vidvan dviṣor vaivāhikaṃ mithaḥ
English translation
The king said: Learned sage, Rukmī had been humiliated in battle by Kṛṣṇa and watched for an opportunity to kill Him. How then did he give his daughter to his enemy's son? Please explain how marriage occurred between these enemies.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.021
anāgatam atītaṃ ca vartamānam atīndriyam / viprakṛṣṭaṃ vyavahitaṃ samyak paśyanti yoginaḥ
English translation
Yogīs see perfectly what is future, past, and present, what lies beyond the senses, and what is distant or obstructed.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.022
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
vṛtaḥ svayaṃ-vare sākṣād anaṅgo 'ṅga-yutas tayā / rājñaḥ sametān nirjitya jahāraika-ratho yudhi
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: At her svayaṃvara she chose Pradyumna, Cupid himself embodied. Alone in his chariot, he defeated the assembled kings in battle and carried her away.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.023
yady apy anusmaran vairaṃ rukmī kṛṣṇāvamānitaḥ / vyatarad bhāgineyāya sutāṃ kurvan svasuḥ priyam
English translation
Although Rukmī remembered his enmity after Kṛṣṇa had humiliated him, he gave his daughter to his nephew in order to please his sister.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.024
rukmiṇyās tanayāṃ rājan kṛtavarma-suto balī / upayeme viśālākṣīṃ kanyāṃ cārumatīṃ kila
English translation
O King, the mighty son of Kṛtavarmā married Rukmiṇī's broad-eyed daughter Cārumatī.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.025
dauhitrāyāniruddhāya pautrīṃ rukmy ādadād dhareḥ / rocanāṃ baddha-vairo 'pi svasuḥ priya-cikīrṣayā / jānann adharmaṃ tad yaunaṃ sneha-pāśānubandhanaḥ
English translation
Though his hostility remained, Rukmī gave his granddaughter Rocanā to Aniruddha, Hari's grandson and his own daughter's son, wishing to please his sister. Bound by affection, he did so although he knew that such a marriage violated customary law.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.026
tasminn abhyudaye rājan rukmiṇī rāma-keśavau / puraṃ bhojakaṭaṃ jagmuḥ sāmba-pradyumnakādayaḥ
English translation
O King, for that auspicious wedding Rukmiṇī, Balarāma, Keśava, Sāmba, Pradyumna, and the others went to the city of Bhojakaṭa.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.027
tasmin nivṛtta udvāhe kāliṅga-pramukhā nṛpāḥ / dṛptās te rukmiṇaṃ procur balam akṣair vinirjaya
English translation
When the wedding had concluded, the proud kings headed by the ruler of Kaliṅga told Rukmī, 'Defeat Balarāma at dice.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.028
anakṣa-jño hy ayaṃ rājann api tad-vyasanaṃ mahat / ity ukto balam āhūya tenākṣair rukmy adīvyata
English translation
'O King, He does not know the game of dice, yet He is greatly addicted to it.' Thus urged, Rukmī summoned Balarāma and played dice with Him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.029
śataṃ sahasram ayutaṃ rāmas tatrādade paṇam / taṃ tu rukmy ajayat tatra kāliṅgaḥ prāhasad balam / dantān sandarśayann uccair nāmṛṣyat tad dhalāyudhaḥ
English translation
Balarāma wagered one hundred, then one thousand, and then ten thousand. Rukmī defeated Him in those games, and the king of Kaliṅga laughed loudly at Balarāma, baring his teeth. Halāyudha could not tolerate it.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.030
tato lakṣaṃ rukmy agṛhṇād glahaṃ tatrājayad balaḥ / jitavān aham ity āha rukmī kaitavam āśritaḥ
English translation
Rukmī then accepted a wager of one hundred thousand, and Balarāma won it. Resorting to deceit, Rukmī declared, 'I have won.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.031
manyunā kṣubhitaḥ śrīmān samudra iva parvaṇi / jātyāruṇākṣo 'ti-ruṣā nyarbudaṃ glaham ādade
English translation
The glorious Lord, His naturally reddish eyes inflamed by intense anger, surged like the ocean at the full moon and accepted a wager of one hundred million.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.032
taṃ cāpi jitavān rāmo dharmeṇa chalam āśritaḥ / rukmī jitaṃ mayātreme vadantu prāśnikā iti
English translation
Balarāma fairly won that game also, but Rukmī resorted to cheating and said, 'I have won this one. Let the judges declare it.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.033
tadābravīn nabho-vāṇī balenaiva jito glahaḥ / dharmato vacanenaiva rukmī vadati vai mṛṣā
English translation
Then a voice from the sky proclaimed, 'Balarāma alone has won the wager. By every rule Rukmī speaks falsely in mere words.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.034
tām anādṛtya vaidarbho duṣṭa-rājanya-coditaḥ / saṅkarṣaṇaṃ parihasan babhāṣe kāla-coditaḥ
English translation
Disregarding that voice and incited by the wicked kings, the Vidarbha prince mocked Saṅkarṣaṇa and spoke under the impulse of death.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.035
naivākṣa-kovidā yūyaṃ gopālā vana-gocarāḥ / akṣair dīvyanti rājāno bāṇaiś ca na bhavādṛśāḥ
English translation
'You cowherds who wander the forests know nothing of dice. Kings play with dice and arrows, not men like You.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.036
rukmiṇaivam adhikṣipto rājabhiś copahāsitaḥ / kruddhaḥ parigham udyamya jaghne taṃ nṛmṇa-saṃsadi
English translation
Thus insulted by Rukmī and ridiculed by the kings, Balarāma became enraged, raised His iron club, and killed Rukmī in the royal assembly.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.037
kaliṅga-rājaṃ tarasā gṛhītvā daśame pade / dantān apātayat kruddho yo 'hasad vivṛtair dvijaiḥ
English translation
In anger He swiftly caught the king of Kaliṅga within ten steps and knocked out the teeth of the man who had laughed at Him with his teeth bared.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.038
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
anye nirbhinna-bāhūru-śiraso rudhirokṣitāḥ / rājāno dudravar bhītā balena parighārditāḥ
English translation
The other kings, their arms, thighs, and heads broken and their bodies drenched in blood from Balarāma's club, fled in terror.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.039
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
nihate rukmiṇi śyāle nābravīt sādhv asādhu vā / rukmiṇī-balayor rājan sneha-bhaṅga-bhayād dhariḥ
English translation
O King, when His brother-in-law Rukmī was slain, Hari said neither that the act was right nor that it was wrong, fearing He would damage His affection for either Rukmiṇī or Balarāma.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.61.040
tato 'niruddhaṃ saha sūryayā varaṃ rathaṃ samāropya yayuḥ kuśasthalīm / rāmādayo bhojakaṭād daśārhāḥ siddhākhilārthā madhusūdanāśrayāḥ
English translation
Then the Daśārhas headed by Balarāma placed Aniruddha and his bride Sūryā upon an excellent chariot and departed from Bhojakaṭa for Kuśasthalī, all their purposes fulfilled under Madhusūdana's protection.