यावन्न मे हतो बाणै: शयीथा मुञ्च दारीकाम् । स्मयन् कृष्णो धनुश्छित्त्वा षड्भिर्विव्याध रुक्मिणम् ॥ २६ ॥
yāvan na me hato bāṇaiḥ śayīthā muñca dārīkām smayan kṛṣṇo dhanuś chittvā ṣaḍbhir vivyādha rukmiṇam
- yāvat
- while
- na
- not
- me
- my
- hataḥ
- killed
- bāṇaiḥ
- by the arrows
- śayīthaḥ
- you lie down
- muñca
- release
- dārīkām
- the girl
- smayan
- smiling
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- dhanuḥ
- his bow
- chittvā
- breaking
- ṣaḍbhiḥ
- with six (arrows)
- vivyādha
- pierced
- rukmiṇam
- Rukmī
“Release the girl before You are struck dead by my arrows and made to lie down!” In response to this, Lord Kṛṣṇa smiled, and with six arrows He struck Rukmī and broke his bow.