भगवानपि गोविन्द उपयेमे कुरूद्वह । वैदर्भीं भीष्मकसुतां श्रियो मात्रां स्वयंवरे ॥ १६ ॥ प्रमथ्य तरसा राज्ञ: शाल्वादींश्चैद्यपक्षगान् । पश्यतां सर्वलोकानां तार्क्ष्यपुत्र: सुधामिव ॥ १७ ॥
bhagavān api govinda upayeme kurūdvaha vaidarbhīṁ bhīṣmaka-sutāṁ śriyo mātrāṁ svayaṁvare pramathya tarasā rājñaḥ śālvādīṁś caidya-pakṣa-gān paśyatāṁ sarva-lokānāṁ tārkṣya-putraḥ sudhām iva
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- api
- indeed
- govindaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa
- upayeme
- married
- kuru-udvaha
- O hero among the Kurus (Parīkṣit)
- vaidarbhīm
- Rukmiṇī
- bhīṣmaka-sutām
- the daughter of King Bhīṣmaka
- śriyaḥ
- of the goddess of fortune
- mātrām
- the plenary portion
- svayam-vare
- by her own choice
- pramathya
- subduing
- tarasā
- by force
- rājñaḥ
- kings
- śālva-ādīn
- Śālva and others
- caidya
- of Śiśupāla
- pakṣa-gān
- the supporters
- paśyatām
- as they looked on
- sarva
- all
- lokānām
- the people
- tārkṣya-putraḥ
- the son of Tārkṣya (Garuḍa)
- sudhām
- the nectar of heaven
- iva
- as
O hero among the Kurus, the Supreme Lord Himself, Govinda, married Bhīṣmaka’s daughter, Vaidarbhī, who was a direct expansion of the goddess of fortune. The Lord did this by her desire, and in the process He beat down Śālva and other kings who took Śiśupāla’s side. Indeed, as everyone watched, Śrī Kṛṣṇa took Rukmiṇī just as Garuḍa boldly stole nectar from the demigods.