श्रीराजोवाच भगवान् भीष्मकसुतां रुक्मिणीं रुचिराननाम् । राक्षसेन विधानेन उपयेम इति श्रुतम् ॥ १८ ॥
śrī-rājovāca bhagavān bhīṣmaka-sutāṁ rukmiṇīṁ rucirānanām rākṣasena vidhānena upayema iti śrutam
- śrī-rājā uvāca
- the King (Parīkṣit Mahārāja) said
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- bhīṣmaka-sutām
- the daughter of Bhīṣmaka
- rukmiṇīm
- Śrīmatī Rukmiṇī-devī
- rucira
- charming
- ānanām
- whose face
- rākṣasena
- called Rākṣasa
- vidhānena
- by the method (namely, by kidnapping)
- upayeme
- He married
- iti
- thus
- śrutam
- heard
King Parīkṣit said: The Supreme Lord married Rukmiṇī, the beautiful-faced daughter of Bhīṣmaka, in the Rākṣasa style — or so I have heard.