Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa · Chapter 108
Sourceअथाष्टाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः नारायाण उवाच एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवी महालक्ष्मीश्च रुक्मिणी । आजगाम सभामध्ये मुनिदेवादिभिर्युते ।। १ ।। रत्नसिंहासनस्था च रत्नालंकारभूषिता । वह्निशुद्धाशुकाधाना कबरीभारभूषिता ।। २ ।। पश्यन्ती सस्मिता साध्वीह्यमूल्यरत्नदर्पणम् । कस्तूरीबिन्दुभिर्युक्ता स्निग्धचन्दनचर्चिता ।। ३ ।। सिधूरबिदुना शश्वद्भालमध्यस्थलोज्ज्वला । तप्तकाञ्चनवर्णभा शतचन्द्रसमप्रभा ।। ४ ।। चन्दनोक्षितमर्वाङ्गा मालतीमाल्यशोभिता । सप्तभिर्नृपपुत्रैश्चसमानीता च बालकैः ।। ५ ।। देवेन्द्राश्च मुनीन्द्राश्च सिद्धेन्द्रा नृपपुंगवाः । ददृशू रुक्मिणीं देवीं महालक्ष्मीं पतिव्रताम् ।। ६ ।। सप्तप्रदक्षिणाःकृत्वा प्रणम्य स्वपतिंसती । सिषेच शीततोयेन स्निग्धचन्दनपल्लवैः ।। ७ ।। तां सिषेच जगत्कान्तः कान्ता शान्तां च सस्मिताम् । ददर्श कान्तः कान्तां च कान्तं कान्ता शुभे क्षणे ।। ८ ।। अथ देवी पितुः क्रोडे समुवास शुभानना । लज्जया नम्रवदना ज्वलन्ती च स्वतेजसा ।। ९ ।। राजा देवेश्वरीं तस्मै परिबूर्णतमाय च । प्रददौ संप्रदानेन वेदमन्त्रेण नारद ।। १० ।। वसुदेवाज्ञया कृष्णः स्वस्तीत्युक्त्वा स्थितो मुदा । जग्राह देवीं देवश्च भवानीं च भवो यथा ।। ११ ।। सुवर्णानां पञ्चलक्षं कृष्णाय परमात्मने । दक्षिणां तां ददौ राजा परिपूर्णतमाय च ।। १२ ।। शुभकर्मणि निष्पन्ने कृत्वा कन्यां च वक्षसि । रुरोद राजा मोहेन मुनिदेवेन्द्रसंसदि ।। १३ ।। परिहारेण वचसा कुत्वा तस्मै समर्पणम् । सिषेच कन्यां धन्यां च नेत्रयुग्मजलेन च ।। १४ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo रुक्मिण्यु- द्वाहेऽष्टाधिकशाततमोऽध्यायः ।। १०८ ।।
athāṣṭādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ nārāyāṇa uvāca etasminnantare devī mahālakṣmīśca rukmiṇī | ājagāma sabhāmadhye munidevādibhiryute || 1 || ratnasiṃhāsanasthā ca ratnālaṃkārabhūṣitā | vahniśuddhāśukādhānā kabarībhārabhūṣitā || 2 || paśyantī sasmitā sādhvīhyamūlyaratnadarpaṇam | kastūrībindubhiryuktā snigdhacandanacarcitā || 3 || sidhūrabidunā śaśvadbhālamadhyasthalojjvalā | taptakāñcanavarṇabhā śatacandrasamaprabhā || 4 || candanokṣitamarvāṅgā mālatīmālyaśobhitā | saptabhirnṛpaputraiścasamānītā ca bālakaiḥ || 5 || devendrāśca munīndrāśca siddhendrā nṛpapuṃgavāḥ | dadṛśū rukmiṇīṃ devīṃ mahālakṣmīṃ pativratām || 6 || saptapradakṣiṇāḥkṛtvā praṇamya svapatiṃsatī | siṣeca śītatoyena snigdhacandanapallavaiḥ || 7 || tāṃ siṣeca jagatkāntaḥ kāntā śāntāṃ ca sasmitām | dadarśa kāntaḥ kāntāṃ ca kāntaṃ kāntā śubhe kṣaṇe || 8 || atha devī pituḥ kroḍe samuvāsa śubhānanā | lajjayā namravadanā jvalantī ca svatejasā || 9 || rājā deveśvarīṃ tasmai paribūrṇatamāya ca | pradadau saṃpradānena vedamantreṇa nārada || 10 || vasudevājñayā kṛṣṇaḥ svastītyuktvā sthito mudā | jagrāha devīṃ devaśca bhavānīṃ ca bhavo yathā || 11 || suvarṇānāṃ pañcalakṣaṃ kṛṣṇāya paramātmane | dakṣiṇāṃ tāṃ dadau rājā paripūrṇatamāya ca || 12 || śubhakarmaṇi niṣpanne kṛtvā kanyāṃ ca vakṣasi | ruroda rājā mohena munidevendrasaṃsadi || 13 || parihāreṇa vacasā kutvā tasmai samarpaṇam | siṣeca kanyāṃ dhanyāṃ ca netrayugmajalena ca || 14 || iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo rukmiṇyu- dvāhe'ṣṭādhikaśātatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 108 ||
English translation
Marriage of Rukmini Narayana said- In the meantime Rukmini the form of Mahalaksmi arrived in the court of the king together with the gods and the sages, she was seated on the gem-studded lion-throne. She was adorned with gem-studded ornaments and clad in the garments sanctified by fire. Her hair¬ do was looking quite charming; the chaste lady, wearing a smile on her face was looking at the invaluable gem-studded mirror. She had the spot of kasturl over her forehead and her limbs were plastered with sandal-paste; the forehead was decorated with the spot of vermilion. She had the lustre of molten gold and she was shining like the lustre of the hundreds of moons. All her limbs were plastered with sandal-paste and she wore the garland of jasmine flowers. The seven princesses brought her in the court.
All the yogis, the gods, the sages, the siddhas and the kings had a glance of the chaste Rukmini who was the form of LaksmI.
The chaste Rukmini took seven rounds and bowed before her husband, she sprinkled cool water with the tender leaves, soaked in sandal- paste. Thereafter Krsna also sprinkled water on his beloved who was smiling. At the auspicious time both the husband and the wife looked at each other.
Rukmini with the serene and smiling face was shining with her lustre and keeping her head downwards sat in the lap in her father.
O N^ada, the king with the reciting of the hymns from the Vedas handed over in marriage, his daughter to Krsna.
Krsna accepted the hand of Rukmini with the permission of Vasudeva reciting the words Svasti, Lord Krsna accepted Rukmini in the same way and Siva had accepted Parvatl.
The king gave away to the lord Krsna five lakhs of gold coins in Daksiria.
After the performing of the marriage, the king embraced the daughter and started sobbing in presence of the gods and the sages.
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 76559 (2016-08-26T01:26:44Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n1579–n1581: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n1579/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.