Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.61.20
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श्रीराजोवाच
कथं रुक्म्यरीपुत्राय प्रादाद् दुहितरं युधि ।
कृष्णेन परिभूतस्तं हन्तुं रन्ध्रं प्रतीक्षते ।
एतदाख्याहि मे विद्वन् द्विषोर्वैवाहिकं मिथ: ॥ २० ॥
śrī-rājovāca
kathaṁ rukmy arī-putrāya
prādād duhitaraṁ yudhi
kṛṣṇena paribhūtas taṁ
hantuṁ randhraṁ pratīkṣate
etad ākhyāhi me vidvan
dviṣor vaivāhikaṁ mithaḥ
King Parīkṣit said: How could Rukmī give his daughter to his enemy’s son? After all, Rukmī had been defeated by Lord Kṛṣṇa in battle and was waiting for an opportunity to kill Him. Please explain this to me, O learned one — how these two inimical parties became united through marriage.
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