[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt) › 10.61 # Bhagavatapurana 10.61 English (machine translation) 10.61 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [10.61.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.2) — 1 part - [10.61.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.3) — 3 parts - [10.61.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.4) — 3 parts - [10.61.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.5) — 3 parts - [10.61.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.6) — 1 part ### [10.61.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.1) Śrī Śuka said: Each one of those women bore ten sons to Kṛṣṇa, / in no way inferior to their father in all personal excellences. ### [10.61.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.2) Seeing Acyuta staying at home and never leaving, / the princesses each thought him to be their own dearest \[husband\], for as women they did not know the truth about him. ### [10.61.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.2.p1) By his charming lotus-calyx face, his long arms, his eyes, / his affectionate smiles, loving glances, and sweet conversation, ### [10.61.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.3) the women, enchanted by the Lord, were unable to conquer / the mind of the all-powerful Lord by their own seductive charms. ### [10.61.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.3.p1) \[…\] ### [10.61.3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.3.p2) Skilled in amorous commands sent by the circles of their eyebrows, / which captivated his feeling displayed in slight smiling glances, ### [10.61.3.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.3.p3) Skilled in amorous commands sent by the circles of their eyebrows, / which captivated his feeling displayed in slight smiling glances, ### [10.61.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.4) even sixteen thousand wives were unable to agitate / his senses with the arrows of love or with their feminine gestures. ### [10.61.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.4.p1) \[…\] ### [10.61.4.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.4.p2) Having thus attained as their husband the Lord of Ramā, / whose path even Brahmā and the others do not know, ### [10.61.4.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.4.p3) Having thus attained as their husband the Lord of Ramā, / whose path even Brahmā and the others do not know, ### [10.61.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.5) those women worshiped him with ever-increasing joy, characterized by loving / smiling glances, eagerness for fresh union, and other charms. ### [10.61.5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.5.p1) \[…\] ### [10.61.5.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.5.p2) With rising to greet him, offering excellent seats, worship, washing his feet, / betel leaves, resting him, fanning, fragrant pastes, garlands, ### [10.61.5.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.5.p3) With rising to greet him, offering excellent seats, worship, washing his feet, / betel leaves, resting him, fanning, fragrant pastes, garlands, ### [10.61.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.6) dressing his hair, arranging his bed, bathing, and presenting gifts, / though having hundreds of handmaidens, they rendered personal service to the almighty Lord. ### [10.61.6.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.6.p1) \[…\] ### [10.61.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.7) Of those wives of Kṛṣṇa who each had ten sons, / I shall recount to you the sons, beginning with Pradyumna, of the eight principal queens mentioned earlier. ### [10.61.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.8) Cārudeṣṇa, Sudeṣṇa, the heroic Cārudeha, / Sucāru, Cārugupta, and likewise another, Bhadracāru, ### [10.61.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.9) Cārucandra, Vicāru, and Cāru as the tenth: / these \[sons\] born to Hari by Rukmiṇī, led by Pradyumna, were in no way inferior to their father. ### [10.61.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.10) Bhānu, Subhānu, Svarbhānu, Prabhānu, likewise Bhānumat, / Candrabhānu, Bṛhadbhānu, and Atibhānu as the eighth, ### [10.61.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.11) Śrībhānu, and Pratibhānu were the ten sons of Satyabhāmā. / Sāmba, Sumitra, Purujit, Śatajit, Sahasrajit, ### [10.61.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.12) Vijaya, Citraketu, Vasumat, Draviḍa, and Kratu: / these indeed were the sons of Jāmbavatī, headed by Sāmba, dear to their father. ### [10.61.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.13) Vīra, Candra, Aśvasena, Citragu, Vegavat, Vṛṣa, / Āma, Śaṅku, Vasu, and the glorious Kunti were the sons of Nāgnajitī. ### [10.61.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.14) Śruta, Kavi, Vṛṣa, Vīra, Subāhu, Bhadra, Ekala, / Śānti, Darśa, and Pūrṇamāsa, with Somaka as the youngest, were \[the sons\] of Kālindī. ### [10.61.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.15) Praghoṣa, Gātravat, Siṃha, Bala, Prabala, Ūrdhaga, / Mahāśakti, Saha, Ojas, and Aparājita were the sons of Mādrī. ### [10.61.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.16) Vṛka, Harṣa, Anila, Gṛdhra, Vardhana, Unnāda, / Mahāṃsa, Pāvana, Vahni, and Kṣudhi were the sons of Mitravindā. ### [10.61.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.17) Saṅgrāmajit, Bṛhatsena, Śūra, Praharaṇa, Arijit, / Jaya, and Subhadra were Bhadrā's \[sons\], and Vāma, Āyus, and Satyaka. ### [10.61.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.18) Dīptimat, Tāmratapta, and others were Hari's sons by Rohiṇī. / From Pradyumna was born the mighty Aniruddha by Rukmavatī, / the daughter of Rukmin, O King, in the city named Bhojakaṭa. ### [10.61.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.19) The sons and grandsons of these numbered in the tens of millions, O King; / and the mothers of those born of Kṛṣṇa were sixteen thousand. ### [10.61.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.20) The King said: / How did Rukmin give his daughter in marriage to the son of his enemy, / when, having been humiliated in battle by Kṛṣṇa, he was watching for a weakness to kill him? / Explain to me, wise sage, this marriage between two who hated each other. ### [10.61.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.21) The future, the past, the present, that which transcends the senses, / the distant, and the concealed—yogins perceive all this clearly. ### [10.61.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.22) Śrī Śuka said: / Chosen by her at the svayaṃvara, he, the bodiless god of love embodied, / vanquished the assembled kings on his single chariot and bore her away in battle. ### [10.61.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.23) Although Rukmin remembered his enmity, having been humiliated by Kṛṣṇa, / he gave his daughter to his nephew to please his sister. ### [10.61.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.24) The powerful son of Kṛtavarman married the large-eyed maiden Cārumatī, / who was the daughter of Rukmiṇī, O King. ### [10.61.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.25) Rukmin gave his granddaughter Rocanā to Hari's grandson Aniruddha, / even though he held an enmity, desiring to please his sister, / knowing this marital union to be contrary to dharma, bound as he was by ties of affection. ### [10.61.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.26) On that festive occasion, O King, Rukmiṇī, Rāma and Keśava, / along with Sāmba, Pradyumna, and others, went to the city of Bhojakaṭa. ### [10.61.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.27) When that wedding was concluded, the kings, led by the king of Kaliṅga, / being arrogant, said to Rukmin: 'Defeat Bala at dice! ### [10.61.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.28) For he is no expert at dice, O King, yet he has a great addiction to it.' / Addressed thus, Rukmin invited Bala and played at dice with him. ### [10.61.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.29) Rāma wagered a hundred, a thousand, and ten thousand there, / and Rukmin won it. Then the king of Kaliṅga laughed loudly at Bala, / showing his teeth; the plow-armed one could not tolerate that. ### [10.61.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.30) Then Rukmin accepted a wager of a hundred thousand; Bala won it there. / Rukmin, resorting to deceit, said, 'I have won!' ### [10.61.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.31) Agitated with anger like the glorious ocean at the full moon, / his eyes naturally red with extreme fury, \[Bala\] placed a wager of a hundred million. ### [10.61.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.32) Rāma won that too by fair play, but Rukmin resorted to cheating: / 'I have won! Let the umpires present here say so!' ### [10.61.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.33) Then a voice from the sky spoke: 'The wager has indeed been won by Bala / in accordance with dharma; by his words alone Rukmin is speaking falsely!' ### [10.61.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.34) Disregarding that voice, the prince of Vidarbha, urged on by wicked kings / and impelled by fate, ridiculed Saṅkarṣaṇa and spoke: ### [10.61.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.35) 'You cowherds roaming the forest are not skilled in dice! / Kings play with dice and with arrows, not people like you.' ### [10.61.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.36) Insulted thus by Rukmin and mocked by the kings, / enraged, he raised an iron club and struck him down in the assembly of the proud. ### [10.61.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.37) Seizing the king of Kaliṅga with force at the tenth step, / the enraged \[Bala\] knocked out his teeth, he who had laughed with teeth bared. ### [10.61.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.38) The other kings, their arms, thighs, and heads shattered, drenched in blood, / fled in terror, afflicted by the club of Bala. ### [10.61.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.39) When his brother-in-law Rukmin was slain, Hari said neither 'good' nor 'bad', / O King, out of fear of breaking the affection of Rukmiṇī and Bala. ### [10.61.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61.40) Then, placing Aniruddha with his bride upon the chariot, / Rāma and the other Daśārhas, having accomplished all their desires, departed from Bhojakaṭa for Kuśasthalī, relying on Madhusūdana. ## Translations (1) - [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.10.61.p2) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.10.61.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.10.61) · Pramāṇa