अस्यैव भार्या भवितुं रुक्मिण्यर्हति नापरा । असावप्यनवद्यात्मा भैष्म्या: समुचित: पति: ॥ ३७ ॥
asyaiva bhāryā bhavituṁ rukmiṇy arhati nāparā asāv apy anavadyātmā bhaiṣmyāḥ samucitaḥ patiḥ
- asya
- for Him
- eva
- alone
- bhāryā
- wife
- bhavitum
- to be
- rukmiṇī
- Rukmiṇī
- arhati
- deserves
- na aparā
- none other
- asau
- He
- api
- as well
- anavadya
- faultless
- ātmā
- whose bodily form
- bhaiṣmyāḥ
- for the daughter of Bhīṣmaka
- samucitaḥ
- most suitable
- patiḥ
- husband
[The people of the city said:] Rukmiṇī, and no one else, deserves to become His wife, and He also, possessing such flawless beauty, is the only suitable husband for Princess Bhaiṣmī.