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sri-rajovaca

bhagavan bhismaka-sutam

 rukminim rucirananam

raksasena vidhanena

 upayema iti srutam

 

Translation: 

 

King Pariksit said: The Supreme Lord married Rukmini, the beautiful-faced daughter of Bhismaka, in the Raksasa style — or so I have heard.

 

Purport: 

 

Srila Sridhara Svami quotes the following smrti statement: raksaso yuddha-haranat. “A Raksasa marriage takes place when the bride is stolen from one’s rival suitors by force.” Similarly, Sukadeva Gosvami himself has already said, rajñah pramathya: Krsna had to beat down opposing kings to take Rukmini.