śvo bhāvini tvam ajitodvahane vidarbhān
guptaḥ sametya pṛtanā-patibhiḥ parītaḥ
nirmathya caidya-magadhendra-balaḿ prasahya
māḿ rākṣasena vidhinodvaha vīrya-śulkām
svah bhavini -- tomorrow; tvam -- You; ajita -- O unconquerable one; udvahane -- at the time of the marriage ceremony; vidarbhan -- to Vidarbha; guptah -- unseen; sametya -- coming; pritana -- of Your army; patibhih -- by the leaders; paritah -- surrounded; nirmathya -- crushing; caidya -- of Caidya, Sisupala; magadha-indra -- and the King of Magadha, Jarasandha; balam -- the military strength; prasahya -- by force; mam -- me; rakshasena vidhina -- in the Rakshasa style; udvaha -- take in marriage; virya -- Your prowess; sulkam -- the payment for whom.
O unconquerable one, tomorrow when my marriage ceremony is about to begin, You should arrive unseen in Vidarbha and surround Yourself with the leaders of Your army. Then crush the forces of Caidya and Magadhendra and marry me in the Rakshasa style, winning me with Your valor.
As Srila Prabhupada points out in Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Rukmini, being born of royal blood, certainly had a brilliant grasp of political affairs. She advised Sri Krishna to enter the city alone and unnoticed and then surround Himself with His military commanders so He could do what was needed. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti compares the coming fight to the Lord's churning of the ocean to extract the goddess Lakshmi. Gorgeous Rukmini, the goddess of fortune, would be gained in the coming turbulence.
