Bhagavata Purana

प्रघोषो गात्रवान्सिंहो बलः प्रबल ऊर्ध्वगः। माद्र्याः पुत्रा महाशक्तिः सह ओजोऽपराजितः

Praghoṣa, Gātravān, Siṃha, Bala, Prabala, Ūrdhvaga, Mahāśakti, Saha, Oja, and Aparājita are the sons of Mādrī.

वृको हर्षोऽनिलो गृध्रो वर्धनोऽन्नाद एव च। महाशः पावनो वह्निर्मित्रविन्दात्मजाः क्षुधिः

Vṛka, Harṣa, Anila, Gṛdhra, Vardhana, Annāda, Mahāśa, Pāvana, and Vahni are the sons of Mitravinda, along with Kṣudhi.

सङ्ग्रामजिद्बृहत्सेनः शूरः प्रहरणोऽरिजित्। जयः सुभद्रो भद्राया वाम आयुश्च सत्यकः

Saṅgrāmajit, Bṛhatsena, Śūra, Praharaṇa, Arijit, Jaya, Subhadra, Vāmāyu, and Satyaka are the sons of Bhadrā.

दीप्तिमांस्ताम्रतप्ताद्या रोहिण्यास्तनया हरेः। प्रद्युम्नाच्चानिरुद्धोऽभूद्रुक्मवत्यां महाबलः । पुत्र्यां तु रुक्मिणो राजन्नाम्ना भोजकटे पुरे

Dīptimān, Tāmra, Taptā, and others are the sons of Rohiṇī; from Pradyumna came Aniruddha, born to Rukmavatī, the mighty daughter of Rukmi, in the city of Bhojakaṭa.

एतेषां पुत्रपौत्राश्च बभूवुः कोटिशो नृप। मातरः कृष्णजातीनां सहस्राणि च षोडश

Their sons and grandsons numbered in the tens of millions, O King; and the mothers of Krishna’s children were sixteen thousand.

श्रीराजोवाच। कथं रुक्म्यरिपुत्राय प्रादाद्दुहितरं युधि। कृष्णेन परिभूतस्तं हन्तुं रन्ध्रं प्रतीक्षते। एतदाख्याहि मे विद्वन्द्विषोर्वैवाहिकं मिथः

The king said: How did Rukmi, though insulted by Krishna and seeking an opportunity to kill him, give his daughter in marriage to Krishna’s son in battle? Tell me, O wise one, the story of the wedding between these rivals.

अनागतमतीतं च वर्तमानमतीन्द्रियम्। विप्रकृष्टं व्यवहितं सम्यक्पश्यन्ति योगिनः

Yogis perceive clearly what is past, future, present, beyond the senses, distant, or hidden.

श्रीशुक उवाच। वृतः स्वयंवरे साक्षादनङ्गोऽङ्गयुतस्तया। राज्ञः समेतान्निर्जित्य जहारैकरथो युधि

Śuka said: In the svayamvara, Cupid himself, endowed with many limbs, was chosen by her; defeating the assembled kings, he carried her away alone in his chariot during the battle.

यद्यप्यनुस्मरन्वैरं रुक्मी कृष्णावमानितः। व्यतरद्भागिनेयाय सुतां कुर्वन्स्वसुः प्रियम्

Although Rukmi, remembering his enmity and having been insulted by Krishna, gave his daughter to the son of his sister, thus pleasing his sister.

रुक्मिण्यास्तनयां राजन्कृतवर्मसुतो बली। उपयेमे विशालाक्षीं कन्यां चारुमतीं किल

O King, the powerful son of Kritavarma married Rukmini's daughter, a maiden of wide eyes and renowned beauty.

दौहित्रायानिरुद्धाय पौत्रीं रुक्म्याददाद्धरेः। रोचनां बद्धवैरोऽपि स्वसुः प्रियचिकीर्षया । जानन्नधर्मं तद्यौनं स्नेहपाशानुबन्धनः

Rukmi gave his granddaughter, Rocana, to Aniruddha, the grandson of Hari, despite their ongoing feud, wishing to please his sister; knowing the union was improper, he was bound by ties of affection.

तस्मिन्नभ्युदये राजन्रुक्मिणी रामकेशवौ। पुरं भोजकटं जग्मुः साम्बप्रद्युम्नकादयः

At that auspicious event, O King, Rukmini, Rama, and Krishna, along with Samba, Pradyumna, and others, went to the city of Bhojakat.

तस्मिन्निवृत्त उद्वाहे कालिङ्गप्रमुखा नृपाः। दृप्तास्ते रुक्मिणं प्रोचुर्बलमक्षैर्विनिर्जय

When the wedding was completed, the kings led by the ruler of Kalinga, proud and arrogant, challenged Rukmi to defeat Balarama in dice.

अनक्षज्ञो ह्ययं राजन्नपि तद्व्यसनं महत्। इत्युक्तो बलमाहूय तेनाक्षैर्रुक्म्यदीव्यत

This one does not know dice, O King, yet even so, the loss is great; thus addressed, Balarama was summoned, and Rukmi played dice with him.

शतं सहस्रमयुतं रामस्तत्राददे पणम्। तं तु रुक्म्यजयत्तत्र कालिङ्गः प्राहसद्बलम्। दन्तान्सन्दर्शयन्नुच्चैर्नामृष्यत्तद्धलायुधः

There, Rama staked a hundred, a thousand, and then ten thousand coins; Rukmi defeated him, and the king of Kalinga laughed at Balarama, showing his teeth loudly, which Halayudha could not tolerate.

ततो लक्षं रुक्म्यगृह्णाद्ग्लहं तत्राजयद्बलः। जितवानहमित्याह रुक्मी कैतवमाश्रितः

Then Rukmi staked a hundred thousand coins, and Balarama won that wager; Rukmi, relying on deceit, declared, 'I have won.'

मन्युना क्षुभितः श्रीमान्समुद्र इव पर्वणि। जात्यारुणाक्षोऽतिरुषा न्यर्बुदं ग्लहमाददे

Filled with wrath, glorious Balarama, like the ocean at its full, his eyes reddened by birth and anger, staked ten million coins.

तं चापि जितवान्रामो धर्मेण छलमाश्रितः। रुक्मी जितं मयात्रेमे वदन्तु प्राश्निका इति

Balarama also won that wager by fair means, though Rukmi resorted to trickery, saying, 'I have won; let the witnesses declare it.'

तदाब्रवीन्नभोवाणी बलेनैव जितो ग्लहः। धर्मतो वचनेनैव रुक्मी वदति वै मृषा

Then a voice from the sky declared, 'The wager was won by Balarama alone; Rukmi speaks falsely, claiming victory by words, not by righteousness.'

तामनादृत्य वैदर्भो दुष्टराजन्यचोदितः। सङ्कर्षणं परिहसन्बभाषे कालचोदितः

Ignoring that heavenly voice, the Vidarbha king, prompted by wicked rulers and by fate, mocked Sankarshana and spoke derisively.

नैवाक्षकोविदा यूयं गोपाला वनगोचराः। अक्षैर्दीव्यन्ति राजानो बाणैश्च न भवादृशाः

You are not skilled in dice, you cowherds who wander the forests; kings play dice and shoot arrows, not men like you.

रुक्मिणैवमधिक्षिप्तो राजभिश्चोपहासितः। क्रुद्धः परिघमुद्यम्य जघ्ने तं नृम्णसंसदि

Thus insulted by the kings and mocked by Rukmi, Balarama, enraged, raised his club and struck him in the assembly of men.

कलिङ्गराजं तरसा गृहीत्वा दशमे पदे। दन्तानपातयत्क्रुद्धो योऽहसद्विवृतैर्द्विजैः

Seizing the king of Kalinga swiftly by his tenth step, Balarama, furious, knocked out his teeth—the same king who had laughed with exposed teeth.

अन्ये निर्भिन्नबाहूरु शिरसो रुधिरोक्षिताः। राजानो दुद्रवुर्भीता बलेन परिघार्दिताः

Other kings, their arms, thighs, and heads broken and covered in blood, fled in fear, battered by Balarama's club.

निहते रुक्मिणि श्याले नाब्रवीत्साध्वसाधु वा। रक्मिणीबलयो राजन्स्नेहभङ्गभयाद्धरिः

When Rukmi, his brother-in-law, was slain, Hari, fearing the breaking of affection between Rukmini and Balarama, neither praised nor condemned the act.

ततोऽनिरुद्धं सह सूर्यया वरं रथं समारोप्य ययुः कुशस्थलीम्। रामादयो भोजकटाद्दशार्हाः सिद्धाखिलार्था मधुसूदनाश्रयाः

Then, having placed Aniruddha and his bride on a splendid chariot, Rama and the Dasharhas departed from Bhojakat for Kushasthali, their purposes fulfilled under the shelter of Madhusudana.

ऊषा-अनिरुद्ध समागमः; अनिरुद्धस्य बंधनं च - श्रीराजोवाच - ( अनुष्टुप् ) बाणस्य तनयां ऊषां उपयेमे यदूत्तमः । तत्र युद्धमभूद् घोरं हरिशङ्करयोर्महत् । एतत्सर्वं महायोगिन् समाख्यातुं त्वमर्हसि

The king said: The foremost of the Yadus married Bāṇa’s daughter Ūṣā. There was a terrible battle between Hari and Śaṅkara at that time. O great yogi, you are worthy to recount all of this in detail.

श्रीशुक उवाच - बाणः पुत्रशतज्येष्ठो बलेरासीन् महात्मनः । येन वामनरूपाय हरयेऽदायि मेदिनी

Śrī Śuka said: Bāṇa, the eldest among the hundred sons of the great soul Bali—he who gave the earth to Hari in the form of Vāmana—

तस्यौरसः सुतो बानः शिवभक्तिरतः सदा । मान्यो वदान्यो धीमांश्च सत्यसन्धो दृढव्रतः

His own son was Bāṇa, always devoted to Śiva, honored, generous, intelligent, steadfast in truth, and firm in his vows.