ahatvā durmatiḿ kṛṣṇam

apratyūhya yavīyasīm

kuṇḍinaḿ na pravekṣyāmīty

uktvā tatrāvasad ruṣā

ahatva -- without killing; durmatim -- evil-minded; krishnam -- Krishna; apratyuhya -- without bringing back; yaviyasim -- my younger sister; kundinam -- Kundina; na pravekshyami -- I will not enter; iti -- such; uktva -- having spoken; tatra -- there (in the same place where he had been disfigured); avasat -- he took up residence; rusha -- in anger.


Texto

Because he had promised "I will not reenter Kundina until I have killed wicked Krishna and brought back my younger sister," in a mood of angry frustration Rukmi took up residence at that very place.

Significado

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti explains that the word bhoja means "experience" and that katah, according to the Nanartha-varga dictionary, means "vow." Thus Bhojakata is the place where Rukmi experienced misery as a result of his vow.