Vishnupurana 5.28

5.28.1

parāśara uvāca:
cārudeṣṇaṃ sudeṣṇaṃ ca cārudehaṃ ca vīryavān
suṣeṇaṃ cāruguptaṃ ca bhadracāruṃ tathā param //

RUKMINÍ bare to Krishńa these other sons, Chárudeshńa, Sudeshńa, Chárudeha, Sushena, Chárugupta, Bhadracháru, Cháruvinda, Sucháru, and the very mighty Cháru; also one daughter, Chárumatí. Krishńa had seven other beautiful wives, Kálindí, Mitravrindá, the virtuous Nágnajití, the queen Jámbavatí; Rohińí, of beautiful form; the amiable and excellent daughter of the king of Madra, Mádrí; Satyabhámá, the daughter of Śatrujit; and Lakshmańá, of lovely smiles. Besides these, he had sixteen thousand other wives.

5.28.2

cāruvindaṃ sucāruṃ ca cāruṃ ca balināṃ varam
rukmiṇy ajanayat putrān kanyāṃ cārumatīṃ tathā //

RUKMINÍ bare to Krishńa these other sons, Chárudeshńa, Sudeshńa, Chárudeha, Sushena, Chárugupta, Bhadracháru, Cháruvinda, Sucháru, and the very mighty Cháru; also one daughter, Chárumatí. Krishńa had seven other beautiful wives, Kálindí, Mitravrindá, the virtuous Nágnajití, the queen Jámbavatí; Rohińí, of beautiful form; the amiable and excellent daughter of the king of Madra, Mádrí; Satyabhámá, the daughter of Śatrujit; and Lakshmańá, of lovely smiles. Besides these, he had sixteen thousand other wives.

5.28.3

anyāś ca bhāryāḥ kṛṣṇasya babhūvuḥ sapta śobhanāḥ
kālindī mitravindā ca satyā nāgnajitī tathā //

RUKMINÍ bare to Krishńa these other sons, Chárudeshńa, Sudeshńa, Chárudeha, Sushena, Chárugupta, Bhadracháru, Cháruvinda, Sucháru, and the very mighty Cháru; also one daughter, Chárumatí. Krishńa had seven other beautiful wives, Kálindí, Mitravrindá, the virtuous Nágnajití, the queen Jámbavatí; Rohińí, of beautiful form; the amiable and excellent daughter of the king of Madra, Mádrí; Satyabhámá, the daughter of Śatrujit; and Lakshmańá, of lovely smiles. Besides these, he had sixteen thousand other wives.

5.28.4

devī jāmbavatī cāpi rohiṇī kāmarūpiṇī
madrarājasutā cānyā suśīlā śīlamaṇḍanā //

RUKMINÍ bare to Krishńa these other sons, Chárudeshńa, Sudeshńa, Chárudeha, Sushena, Chárugupta, Bhadracháru, Cháruvinda, Sucháru, and the very mighty Cháru; also one daughter, Chárumatí. Krishńa had seven other beautiful wives, Kálindí, Mitravrindá, the virtuous Nágnajití, the queen Jámbavatí; Rohińí, of beautiful form; the amiable and excellent daughter of the king of Madra, Mádrí; Satyabhámá, the daughter of Śatrujit; and Lakshmańá, of lovely smiles. Besides these, he had sixteen thousand other wives.

5.28.5

sātrājitī satyabhāmā lakṣmaṇā cāruhāsinī
ṣoḍaśāsan sahasrāṇi strīṇām anyāni cakriṇaḥ //

RUKMINÍ bare to Krishńa these other sons, Chárudeshńa, Sudeshńa, Chárudeha, Sushena, Chárugupta, Bhadracháru, Cháruvinda, Sucháru, and the very mighty Cháru; also one daughter, Chárumatí. Krishńa had seven other beautiful wives, Kálindí, Mitravrindá, the virtuous Nágnajití, the queen Jámbavatí; Rohińí, of beautiful form; the amiable and excellent daughter of the king of Madra, Mádrí; Satyabhámá, the daughter of Śatrujit; and Lakshmańá, of lovely smiles. Besides these, he had sixteen thousand other wives.

5.28.5x53

pradyumnaḥ prathamas teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ rukmiṇīsutaḥ //

The heroic Pradyumna was chosen for her lord, at her public choice of a husband, by the daughter of Rukmin; and he had by her the powerful and gallant prince Aniruddha, who was fierce in fight, an ocean of prowess, and the tamer of his foes. Keśava demanded in marriage for him the granddaughter of Rukmin; and although the latter was inimical to Krishńa, he betrothed the maiden (who was his son's daughter) to the son of his own daughter (her cousin Aniruddha). Upon the occasion of the nuptials Ráma and other Yádavas attended Krishńa to Bhojakat́a, the city of Rukmin. After the wedding had been solemnized, several of the kings, headed by him of Kalinga, said to Rukmin, "This wielder of the ploughshare is ignorant of the dice, which may be converted into his misfortune: why may we not contend with him, and beat him, in play?" The potent Rukmin replied to them, and said, "So let it be:" and he engaged Balaráma at a game of dice in the palace. Balaráma soon lost to Rukmin a thousand Nishkas: he then staked and lost another thousand; and then pledged ten thousand, which Rukmin, who was well skilled in gambling, also won. At this the king of Kalinga laughed aloud, and the weak and exulting Rukmin grinned, and said, "Baladeva is losing, for he knows nothing of the game; although, blinded by a vain passion for play, he thinks he understands the dice." Halayudha, galled by the broad laughter of the Kalinga prince, and the contemptuous speech of Rukmin, was exceedingly angry, and, overcome with passion, increased his stake to ten millions of Nishkas. Rukmin accepted the challenge, and therefore threw the dice. Baladeva won, and cried aloud, "The stake is mine." But Rukmin called out as loudly, that he was the winner. "Tell no lies, Bala," said he: "the stake is yours; that is true; but I did not agree to it: although this be won by you, yet still I am the winner." A deep voice was then heard in the sky, inflaming still more the anger of the high-spirited Baladeva, saying, "Bala has rightly won the whole sum, and Rukmin speaks falsely: although he did not accept the pledge in words, he did so by his acts (having cast the dice)." Balaráma thus excited, his eyes red with rage, started up, and struck Rukmin with the board on which the game was played, and killed him. Taking hold of the trembling king of Kalinga, he knocked out the teeth which he had shewn when he laughed. Laying hold of a golden column, he dragged it from its place, and used it as a weapon to kill those princes who had taken part with his adversaries. Upon which the whole circle, crying out with terror, took to flight, and escaped from the wrath of Baladeva. When Krishńa heard that Rukmin had been killed by his brother, he made no remark, being afraid of Rukminí on the one hand, and of Bala on the other; but taking with him the newly wedded Aniruddha, and the Yádava tribe, he returned to Dwáraká.

5.28.6

pradyumno 'pi mahāvīryo rukmiṇas tanayāṃ śubhām
svayaṃvarasthāṃ jagrāha sā ca taṃ tanayaṃ hareḥ //

5.28.7

tasyām asyābhavat putro mahābalaparākramaḥ
aniruddho raṇe ruddho vīryodadhir ariṃdamaḥ //

5.28.8

tasyāpi rukmiṇaḥ pautrīṃ varayām āsa keśavaḥ
dauhitrāya dadau rukmī tāṃ spardhann api śauriṇā //

5.28.9

tasyā vivāhe rāmādyā yādavā hariṇā saha //

5.28.9abx54

kalyāṇārthaṃ tataḥ sarve ye cānye bhūbhṛtas tathā //

5.28.9_2

rukmiṇo nagaraṃ jagmur nāmnā bhojakaṭaṃ dvija //

5.28.10

vivāhe tatra nirvṛtte prādyumneḥ sumahātmanaḥ
kaliṅgarājapramukhā rukmiṇaṃ vākyam abruvan //

5.28.11

anakṣajño halī dyūte tathāsya vyasanaṃ mahat
na jayāmo balaṃ kasmād dyūte nainaṃ mahādyute //

5.28.12

parāśara uvāca:
tatheti tān āha nṛpān rukmī balasamanvitaḥ
sabhāyāṃ saha rāmeṇa cakre dyūtaṃ ca vai tadā //

5.28.13

sahasram ekaṃ niṣkāṇāṃ rukmiṇā vijito balaḥ
dvitīye 'pi paṇe cānyat sahasraṃ rukmiṇā jitaḥ //

5.28.14

tato daśasahasrāṇi niṣkāṇāṃ paṇam ādade
balabhadro 'jayat tāni rukmī dyūtavidāṃ varaḥ //

5.28.15

tato jahāsa svanavat kaliṅgādhipatir dvija
dantān vidarśayan mūḍho rukmī cāha madoddhataḥ //

5.28.16

avidyo 'yaṃ mayā dyūte baladevaḥ parājitaḥ
mudhaivākṣāvalepāndho yo 'vamene 'kṣakovidān //

5.28.17

dṛṣṭvā kaliṅgarājānaṃ prakāśadaśanānanam
rukmiṇaṃ cāpi durvākyaṃ kopaṃ cakre halāyudhaḥ //

5.28.18

tataḥ kopaparītātmā niṣkakoṭiṃ halāyudhaḥ
glahaṃ jagrāha rukmī ca tadarthe 'kṣān apātayat //

5.28.19

ajayad baladevas taṃ prāhoccais taṃ jitaṃ mayā
mayeti rukmī prāhoccair alīkoktair alaṃ bala //

5.28.20

tvayokto 'yaṃ glahaḥ satyaṃ na mayaiṣo 'numoditaḥ
evaṃ tvayā ced vijitaṃ mayā na vijitaṃ katham //

5.28.21

parāśara uvāca:
athāntarikṣe vāg uccaiḥ prāha gambhīranādinī
baladevasya taṃ kopaṃ vardhayantī mahātmanaḥ //

5.28.22

jitaṃ balena dharmeṇa rukmiṇā bhāṣitaṃ mṛṣā
anuktvāpi vacaḥ kiṃcit kṛtaṃ bhavati karmaṇā //

5.28.23

tato balaḥ samutthāya kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ
jaghānāṣṭāpadenaiva rukmiṇaṃ sa mahābalaḥ //

5.28.24

kaliṅgarājaṃ cādāya visphurantaṃ balād balaḥ
babhañja dantān kupito yaiḥ prakāśaṃ jahāsa saḥ //

5.28.25

ākṛṣya ca mahāstambhaṃ jātarūpamayaṃ balaḥ
jaghāna ye 'nye tatpakṣāḥ bhūbhṛtaḥ kupito balaḥ //

5.28.26

tato hāhākṛtaṃ sarvaṃ palāyanaparaṃ dvija
tad rājamaṇḍalaṃ sarvaṃ babhūva kupite bale //

5.28.27

balena nihataṃ śrutvā rukmiṇaṃ madhusūdanaḥ
novāca kiṃcin maitreya rukmiṇībalayor bhayāt //

5.28.28

tato 'niruddham ādāya kṛtodvāhaṃ dvijottama
dvārakām ājagāmātha yaducakraṃ sa keśavaḥ //

5.28.28.p1

iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe pañcame 'ṃśe 'ṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ