विन्द्यानुविन्द्यावावन्त्यौ दुर्योधनवशानुगौ । स्वयंवरे स्वभगिनीं कृष्णे सक्तां न्यषेधताम् ॥ ३० ॥
vindyānuvindyāv āvantyau duryodhana-vaśānugau svayaṁvare sva-bhaginīṁ kṛṣṇe saktāṁ nyaṣedhatām
- vindya-anuvindyau
- Vindya and Anuvindya
- āvantyau
- dual kings of Avantī
- duryodhana-vaśa-anugau
- subservient to Duryodhana
- svayamvare
- in the ceremony of choosing her own husband
- sva
- their
- bhaginīm
- sister
- kṛṣṇe
- to Kṛṣṇa
- saktām
- who was attracted
- nyaṣedhatām
- they forbade
Vindya and Anuvindya, who shared the throne of Avantī, were followers of Duryodhana’s. When the time came for their sister [Mitravindā] to select her husband in the svayaṁvara ceremony, they forbade her to choose Kṛṣṇa, although she was attracted to Him.