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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 61: Lord Balarāma Slays Rukmī
10.61.2310.61.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.61.24

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.61.22inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

रुक्‍मिण्यास्तनयां राजन् कृतवर्मसुतो बली ।

उपयेमे विशालाक्षीं कन्यां चारुमतीं किल ॥ २४ ॥

rukmiṇyās tanayāṁ rājan

kṛtavarma-suto balī

upayeme viśālākṣīṁ

kanyāṁ cārumatīṁ kila

Translation

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

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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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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

One Marriage Represents Many

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that each of the Lord’s queens had one daughter.

  3. 3

    The mention of Cārumatī’s marriage indirectly refers to the marriages of all these princesses.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that each of the Lord’s queens had one daughter, and that this mention of Cārumatī’s marriage is an indirect reference to the marriages of all these princesses.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Conflict and affection → Devotional wonder. Divine intimacy coexists with royal duties.

Chapters 60–69 of Canto 10: Palace life, family bonds and heroic protection. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 61: Lord Balarāma Slays Rukmī

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Balī, the son of Kṛtavarmā, married Rukmiṇī’s daughter Cārumatī. At Aniruddha’s wedding, Lord Baladeva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa and other Yādavas went to Rukmī’s palace in the city of Bhojakaṭa.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.61
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. rukmiṇyāḥof Rukmiṇī
  2. tanayāmthe daughter
  3. rājanO King
  4. kṛtavarma-sutaḥthe son of Krtavarmā
  5. balīnamed Balī
  6. upayememarried
  7. viśālabroad
  8. akṣīmwhose eyes
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Visarga · Subcreation

    How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.61

    In this verse: “king”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

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

Practice

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

Live this todayOne Marriage Represents ManyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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