कृष्णान्तिकमुपव्रज्य ददृशुस्तत्र रुक्मिणम् । तथाभूतं हतप्रायं दृष्ट्वा सङ्कर्षणो विभु: । विमुच्य बद्धं करुणो भगवान् कृष्णमब्रवीत् ॥ ३६ ॥
kṛṣṇāntikam upavrajya dadṛśus tatra rukmiṇam tathā-bhūtaṁ hata-prāyaṁ dṛṣṭvā saṅkarṣaṇo vibhuḥ vimucya baddhaṁ karuṇo bhagavān kṛṣṇam abravīt
- kṛṣṇa
- of Kṛṣṇa
- antikam
- the proximity
- upavrajya
- approaching
- dadṛśuḥ
- they (the Yadu soldiers) saw
- tatra
- there
- rukmiṇam
- Rukmī
- tathā-bhūtam
- in such a condition
- hata
- dead
- prāyam
- practically
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- saṅkarṣaṇaḥ
- Balarāma
- vibhuḥ
- the omnipotent
- vimucya
- releasing
- baddham
- the bound-up (Rukmī)
- karuṇaḥ
- compassionate
- bhagavān
- the Lord
- kṛṣṇam
- to Kṛṣṇa
- abravīt
- said
As the Yadus approached Lord Kṛṣṇa, they saw Rukmī in this sorry condition, practically dying of shame. When the all-powerful Lord Balarāma saw Rukmī, He compassionately released him and spoke the following to Lord Kṛṣṇa.