vindyÄnuvindyÄv Ävantyau
duryodhana-vaÅ›Änugau
svayaá¹-vare sva-bhaginÄ«á¹
kṛṣṇe saktÄá¹ nyaá¹£edhatÄm
vindya-anuvindyau - Vindya and Anuvindya; Ävantyau - dual kings of AvantÄ«; duryodhana-vaÅ›a-anugau - subservient to Duryodhana; svayamvare - in the ceremony of choosing her own husband; sva - their; bhaginÄ«m - sister; kṛṣṇe - to Kṛṣṇa; saktÄm - who was attracted; nyaá¹£edhatÄm - they forbade.
Vindya and Anuvindya, who shared the throne of AvantÄ«, were followers of Duryodhana’s. When the time came for their sister [MitravindÄ] to select her husband in the svayaá¹vara ceremony, they forbade her to choose Kṛṣṇa, although she was attracted to Him.
The feelings of enmity between the Kurus and the PÄṇá¸avas were so strong that MitravindÄ’s brothers, out of friendship for Duryodhana, forbade the young maiden to accept Kṛṣṇa as her husband.
