yadi api - although; anusmaran - always remembering; vairam - his enmity; rukmī - Rukmī; kṛṣṇa - by Lord Kṛṣṇa; avamānitaḥ - insulted; vyatarat - granted; bhāgineyāya - to his sister's son; sutām - his daughter; kurvan - doing; svasuḥ - of his sister; priyam - the pleasing.

Though Rukmī always remembered his enmity toward Lord Kṛṣṇa, who had insulted him, in order to please his sister he sanctioned his daughter’s marriage to his nephew.