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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.61.24

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

One Marriage Represents Many

“O King, Balī, the son of Kṛtavarmā, married Rukmiṇī’s young daughter, large-eyed Cārumatī.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.61.24, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Balī, the son of Kṛtavarmā, married Rukmiṇī’s young, large-eyed daughter Cārumatī.
  • Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that each of the Lord’s queens had one daughter.
  • The mention of Cārumatī’s marriage indirectly refers to the marriages of all these princesses.

Try this today

Reread the translation once, remembering that this marriage also points to the marriages of the other princesses.

Ask yourself

How does the purport help me see more in this brief account of Cārumatī’s marriage?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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