अध्याय १०६
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे पञ्चमे ऽंशे पञ्चविंशो ऽध्यायः ]] भीष्मकः कुण्डिने राजा विदर्भविषये ऽभवत् रुक्मी तस्याभवत् पुत्रो रुक्मिणी च वराङ्गना
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe pañcame 'ṃśe pañcaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] bhīṣmakaḥ kuṇḍine rājā vidarbhaviṣaye 'bhavat rukmī tasyābhavat putro rukmiṇī ca varāṅganā
हिन्दी अर्थ
श्रीपराशरजी बोले---हे विप्र ! एक बार बाणासुरको स्वयं भी अपने पतिके साथ रमण करनेकी इच्छा की
English
>HISHM*KA was king of Vidarbha, residing at Kundina. He had a son named Rukmin, and a beautiíul daughter term- ed Rukmini. Krishna fell in love with the latter, and solicited her in marriage : but her brother who hated Krishna, would not assent to the espousals. At the suggestion of Jarasandha, and with the concurrence of his son, the powerful sovereígn Bhishmaka affianced Rukmini to Sisupala. In order to cele- brate the nuptials, JarSsandha and other princes, the friends of SisupSla, assembled in the capital of Vidharba ; and Krishna, attended by Balabhadra and many other YádavaS, also went to Kundina to witness the wedding. When there, Hari contrived on the eve of the nuptials, to carry off the princess, leaving Ráma and his kinsmen to siistain the weight of his enemies. Paundraka, the illustrious Dantavakra, Viduratha, Sisup5la, Jarásandha, Salya, and other kings, in- dignant at the insult, exerted themselves to kill Krishna, but were repelled by Balaráma and the Yadavas. Rukmin, vowing that he would neverenter Kundina again until he had slain Kesava in fight, persued and overtook him. In the combat that ensued, Krishna destroyed with his discus, as if >n sportthe host of Rukmin, with all itshorses, and elephants, and foot, and chariots, and pverthrew him, and hurled him on