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SrI VedAntha RaamAnuja YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

Dear BhakthAs:

It is my pleasure to respond to the request of 
Srimathi KalaivANi regarding the request for the translation of 
the Message of Our ThAyAr RukmiNi to Her Lord to come 
and wed Her . These slOkAs ,which were an important part of 
Hari kathA KaalakshEpams of famous experts Like EmbAr Swamy
in the past are moving and are found in the 52nd Chapter of 
the Tenth Canto of SrImad BhAgavatham ( SlOkams 37-44).
They form an ashtakam . Here She begs the Lord not to let
the king of Chedi to take Her away as a jackal would steal
the food of the Lion . Rukmini declares that She is 
the undisputed and sole property of KrishNa and that 
She has performed severe austerities to earn the Lord as
Her dear consort . She begs the Lord to arrive incognito 
to Vidharbha and take Her away and marry Her according to
the tradition of RaakshasA Marriage .She gives the Lord all 
the instructions about the time and place , where He can 
abduct Her and take Her with Him back to Dwarakai.The Lord
responds with alacrity and abducts Her in front of all 
the assembled kings invited for the weddding of Princess
Rukminin with the King of Chedi (Chapter X.53, SrImad BhAgavatham) .
The divine marriage of RukmiNi with KrishNa is celebrated 
in chapter X.54 and the birth of a son (PradhyumnA)
to the Divine couple is described int the next chapter
(X.55).

Central to all of these glorious events is that cardinal
message sent through a Brahmin of Vidharbha dEsam by
RukmiNI to Her Lord . We will cover these ashtakam
( aset of 8 slOkams) in subsequent posts.

SrI RukmiNi SamEtha Sri VaasudEva ParabrahmaNE nama:

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 




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