महत्यां देवयात्रायां रथस्थां दुर्गनिर्गताम् । जहारानुमत: पित्रो: कृष्णस्य च महारथ: ॥ ९ ॥
mahatyāṁ deva-yātrāyāṁ ratha-sthāṁ durga-nirgatāṁ jahārānumataḥ pitroḥ kṛṣṇasya ca mahā-rathaḥ
- mahatyām
- important
- deva
- for the Supreme Lord
- yātrāyām
- during a festival
- ratha
- on a chariot
- sthām
- riding
- durga
- from the fortress
- nirgatām
- having exited
- jahāra
- he seized her
- anumataḥ
- sanctioned
- pitroḥ
- by her parents
- kṛṣṇasya
- by Kṛṣṇa
- ca
- and
- mahā-rathaḥ
- the mighty chariot warrior
Once, on the occasion of a great temple festival in honor of the Supreme Lord, Subhadrā rode out of the fortresslike palace on a chariot, and at that time the mighty chariot warrior Arjuna took the opportunity to kidnap her. Subhadrā’s parents and Kṛṣṇa had sanctioned this.