समाहुता भीष्मककन्यया ये श्रिय: सवर्णेन बुभूषयैषाम् । गान्धर्ववृत्त्या मिषतां स्वभागं जह्रे पदं मूर्ध्नि दधत्सुपर्ण: ॥ ३ ॥
samahuta bhismaka-kanyaya ye sriyah savarnena bubhusayaisam gandharva-vrttya misatam sva-bhagam jahre padam murdhni dadhat suparnah
- samahutah
- invited
- bhismaka
- of King Bhismaka
- kanyaya
- by the daughter
- ye
- all those
- sriyah
- fortune
- sa-varnena
- by a similar sequence
- bubhusaya
- expecting to be so
- esam
- of them
- gandharva
- in marrying
- vrttya
- by such a custom
- misatam
- carrying so
- sva-bhagam
- own share
- jahre
- took away
- padam
- feet
- murdhni
- on the head
- dadhat
- placed
- suparnah
- Garuda.
Attracted by the beauty and fortune of Rukmini, the daughter of King Bhismaka, many great princes and kings assembled to marry her. But Lord Krsna, stepping over the other hopeful candidates, carried her away as His own share, as Garuda carried away nectar.