śrī-rājovāca
brahman veditum icchāmaḥ
svasārāḿ rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ
yathopayeme vijayo
yā mamāsīt pitāmahī
sri-raja uvaca -- the great King (Parikshit) said; brahman -- O brahmana (Sukadeva); veditum -- to know; icchamah -- we wish; svasaram -- the sister; rama-krishnayoh -- of Balarama and Krishna; yatha -- how; upayeme -- married; vijayah -- Arjuna; ya -- she who; mama -- my; asit -- was; pitamahi -- the grandmother.
King Parikshit said: O brahmana, we would like to learn how Arjuna married Lord Balarama's and Lord Krishna's sister, who was my grandmother.
Parikshit Maharaja turns now to the topic of the marriage of Lord Krishna's sister, Subhadra. In the opinion of Srila Sridhara Svami, King Parikshit's question here follows from the previous narration because Arjuna's winning the hand of Subhadra was just as difficult a feat as Lord Krishna's retrieving the sons of Devaki from the realm of the dead, since Lord Balarama Himself opposed Subhadra's marriage to Arjuna.
