ÄnartÄdhipatiḥ Å›rÄ«mÄn
raivato raivatÄ«á¹ sutÄm
brahmaá¹‡Ä coditaḥ prÄdÄd
balÄyeti puroditam
Änarta - of the Ä€narta province; adhipatiḥ - the overlord; Å›rÄ«mÄn - opulent; raivataḥ - Raivata; raivatÄ«m - named RaivatÄ«; sutÄm - his daughter; brahmaá¹‡Ä - by Lord BrahmÄ; coditaḥ - ordered; prÄdÄt - gave; balÄya - to BalarÄma; iti - thus; purÄ - previously; uditam - mentioned.
As ordered by Lord BrahmÄ, Raivata, the opulent ruler of Ä€narta, gave Lord BalarÄma his daughter RaivatÄ« in marriage. This has already been discussed.
The topic of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s marriage to Rukmiṇī will now be discussed. By way of introduction, a brief mention is made of His brother Baladeva’s marriage. This marriage was alluded to in the Ninth Canto of the BhÄgavatam, Third Chapter, texts 33-36.
