यद्यप्यनुस्मरन् वैरं रुक्मी कृष्णावमानित: । व्यतरद् भागिनेयाय सुतां कुर्वन् स्वसु: प्रियम् ॥ २३ ॥
yady apy anusmaran vairaṁ rukmī kṛṣṇāvamānitaḥ vyatarad bhāgineyāya sutāṁ kurvan svasuḥ priyam
- yadi api
- although
- anusmaran
- always remembering
- vairam
- his enmity
- rukmī
- Rukmī
- kṛṣṇa
- by Lord Kṛṣṇa
- avamānitaḥ
- insulted
- vyatarat
- granted
- bhāgineyāya
- to his sister’s son
- sutām
- his daughter
- kurvan
- doing
- svasuḥ
- of his sister
- priyam
- the pleasing
Though Rukmī always remembered his enmity toward Lord Kṛṣṇa, who had insulted him, in order to please his sister he sanctioned his daughter’s marriage to his nephew.