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Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 58: Kṛṣṇa Marries Five Princesses

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 57

sutāṁ ca madrādhipater
lakṣmaṇāṁ lakṣaṇair yatām
svayaṁ-vare jahāraikaḥ
sa suparṇaḥ sudhām iva

SYNONYMS

sutām—the daughter; ca—and; madra-adhipateḥ—of the ruler of Madra; lakṣmaṇām—Lakṣmaṇā; lakṣaṇaiḥ—with all good qualities; yutām—endowed; svayam-vare—during her ceremony to choose a husband; jahāra—took away; ekaḥ—alone; saḥ—He, Lord Kṛṣṇa; suparṇaḥ—Garuḍa; sudhām—nectar; iva—as.

TRANSLATION

Then the Lord married Lakṣmaṇā, the daughter of the King of Madra. Kṛṣṇa appeared alone at her svayaṁvara ceremony and took her away, just as Garuḍa once stole the demigods' nectar.