या वीर्यशुल्केन हृता: स्वयंवरे प्रमथ्य चैद्यप्रमुखान् हि शुष्मिण: । प्रद्युम्नसाम्बाम्बसुतादयोऽपरा याश्चाहृता भौमवधे सहस्रश: ॥ २९ ॥
ya virya-sulkena hrtah svayamvare pramathya caidya-pramukhan hi susminah pradyumna-sambamba-sutadayo ’para yas cahrta bhauma-vadhe sahasrasah
- ya
- the lady
- virya
- prowess
- sulkena
- by payment of the price
- hrtah
- taken away by force
- svayamvare
- in the open selection of the bridegroom
- pramathya
- harassing
- caidya
- King Sisupala
- pramukhan
- headed by
- hi
- positively
- susminah
- all very powerful
- pradyumna
- Pradyumna (Krsna’s son)
- samba
- Samba
- amba
- Amba
- suta-adayah
- children
- aparah
- other ladies
- yah
- those
- ca
- also
- ahrtah
- similarly brought
- bhauma-vadhe
- after killing kings
- sahasrasah
- by the thousands
The children of these ladies are Pradyumna, Samba, Amba, etc: Ladies like Rukmini, Satyabhama and Jambavati were forcibly taken away by Him from their svayamvara ceremonies after He defeated many powerful kings, headed by Sisupala. And other ladies were also forcibly taken away by Him after He killed Bhaumasura and thousands of his assistants. All of these ladies are glorious.