yadi api -- although; anusmaran -- always remembering; vairam -- his enmity; rukmi -- Rukmi; krishna -- by Lord Krishna; avamanitah -- insulted; vyatarat -- granted; bhagineyaya -- to his sister's son; sutam -- his daughter; kurvan -- doing; svasuh -- of his sister; priyam -- the pleasing.

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