SB 3.3.3
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 3
- samāhutā bhīṣmaka-kanyayā ye
- śriyaḥ savarṇena bubhūṣayaiṣām
- gāndharva-vṛttyā miṣatāṁ sva-bhāgaṁ
- jahre padaṁ mūrdhni dadhat suparṇaḥ
SYNONYMS
samāhutāḥ — invited; bhīṣmaka — of King Bhīṣmaka; kanyayā — by the daughter; ye — all those; śriyaḥ — fortune; sa-varṇena — by a similar sequence; bubhūṣayā — expecting to be so; eṣām — of them; gāndharva — in marrying; vṛttyā — by such a custom; miṣatām — carrying so; sva-bhāgam — own share; jahre — took away; padam — feet; mūrdhni — on the head; dadhat — placed; suparṇaḥ — Garuḍa.
TRANSLATION
Attracted by the beauty and fortune of Rukmiṇī, the daughter of King Bhīṣmaka, many great princes and kings assembled to marry her. But Lord Kṛṣṇa, stepping over the other hopeful candidates, carried her away as His own share, as Garuḍa carried away nectar.
PURPORT
Princess Rukmiṇī, the daughter of King Bhīṣmaka, was actually as attractive as fortune itself because she was as valuable as gold both in color and in value. Since the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, is the property of the Supreme Lord, Rukmiṇī was actually meant for Lord Kṛṣṇa. But Śiśupāla was selected as her bridegroom by Rukmiṇī's elder brother, although King Bhīṣmaka wanted his daughter to be married to Kṛṣṇa. Rukmiṇī invited Kṛṣṇa to take her away from the clutches of Śiśupāla, so when the bridegroom, Śiśupāla, came there with his party with the desire to marry Rukmiṇī, Kṛṣṇa all of a sudden swept her from the scene, stepping over the heads of all the princes there, just as Garuḍa carried away nectar from the hands of the demons. This incident will be clearly explained in the Tenth Canto.