बन्धूनामिच्छतां दातुं कृष्णाय भगिनीं नृप । ततो निवार्य कृष्णद्विड् रुक्मी चैद्यममन्यत ॥ २५ ॥
bandhūnām icchatāṁ dātuṁ kṛṣṇāya bhaginīṁ nṛpa tato nivārya kṛṣṇa-dviḍ rukmī caidyam amanyata
- bandhūnām
- her family members
- icchatām
- even as they were desiring
- dātum
- to give
- kṛṣṇāya
- to Kṛṣṇa
- bhaginīm
- their sister
- nṛpa
- O King
- tataḥ
- from this
- nivārya
- preventing them
- kṛṣṇa-dviṭ
- hateful of Kṛṣṇa
- rukmī
- Rukmī
- caidyam
- Caidya (Śiśupāla)
- amanyata
- considered
O King, because Rukmī envied the Lord, he forbade his family members to give his sister to Kṛṣṇa, although they wanted to. Instead, Rukmī decided to give Rukmiṇī to Śiśupāla.