SrI 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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