अहत्वा दुर्मतिं कृष्णमप्रत्यूह्य यवीयसीम् । कुण्डिनं न प्रवेक्ष्यामीत्युक्त्वा तत्रावसद् रुषा ॥ ५२ ॥
ahatvā durmatiṁ kṛṣṇam apratyūhya yavīyasīm kuṇḍinaṁ na pravekṣyāmīty uktvā tatrāvasad ruṣā
- ahatvā
- without killing
- durmatim
- evil-minded
- kṛṣṇam
- Kṛṣṇa
- apratyūhya
- without bringing back
- yavīyasīm
- my younger sister
- kuṇḍinam
- Kuṇḍina
- na pravekṣyāmi
- I will not enter
- iti
- such
- uktvā
- having spoken
- tatra
- there (in the same place where he had been disfigured)
- avasat
- he took up residence
- ruṣā
- in anger
Because he had promised “I will not reenter Kuṇḍina until I have killed wicked Kṛṣṇa and brought back my younger sister,” in a mood of angry frustration Rukmī took up residence at that very place.