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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.61.24

रुक्‍मिण्यास्तनयां राजन् कृतवर्मसुतो बली । उपयेमे विशालाक्षीं कन्यां चारुमतीं किल ॥ २४ ॥
rukmiṇyās tanayāṁ rājan
[rukminyaas tanayaam raajan]
kṛtavarma-suto balī
[kritavarma-suto balee]
upayeme viśālākṣīṁ
[upayeme vishaalaaksheem]
kanyāṁ cārumatīṁ kila
[kanyaam chaarumateem kila]
Word-for-word
rukmiṇyāḥ — of Rukmiṇī tanayām — the daughter rājan — O King kṛtavarma - sutaḥ — the son of Krtavarmā balī — named Balī upayeme — married viśāla — broad akṣīm — whose eyes kanyām — young, innocent girl cārumatīm — named Cārumatī kila — indeed .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rukmiṇyās tanayāṁ rājan
rukmiṇyāḥ
of Rukmiṇī
tanayām
the daughter
rājan
O King
kṛtavarma-suto balī
kṛtavarma - sutaḥ
the son of Krtavarmā
balī
named Balī
upayeme viśālākṣīṁ
upayeme
married
viśāla
broad
akṣīm
whose eyes
kanyāṁ cārumatīṁ kila
kanyām
young, innocent girl
cārumatīm
named Cārumatī
kila
indeed .
Important Words
  • rukmiṇyāḥ — of Rukmiṇī
    Genitive of Rukmiṇī. Names her here not as Kṛṣṇa's queen but specifically as Cārumatī's mother — the dynastic register the verse needs.
  • kṛtavarma-sutaḥ — the son of Kṛtavarmā
    Kṛtavarmā was one of the Yadu-vīras and a participant in the Mahābhārata war on the Kaurava side. His son Balī marries into Kṛṣṇa's own line — the Yadu network tightens itself by marriage.
  • cārumatīm — named Cārumatī
    cāru (beautiful) + matī (of mind). Sharing the cāru-prefix with her ten Cāru-named brothers (verses 8–9), she is unmistakably Rukmiṇī's daughter — the queen's signature in her children's names.
  • viśāla — broad
    Modifies akṣīm (eyed). 'Wide-eyed' is a standard Bhāgavata epithet for a beautiful young woman; viśāla also names a kind of fearless directness. The Yadu-women carry it.
O King, Balī, the son of Kṛtavarmā, married Rukmiṇī’s young daughter, large-eyed Cārumatī.
Purport

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that each of the Lord’s queens had one daughter, and that this mention of Cārumatī’s marriage is an indirect reference to the marriages of all these princesses.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King, Balī, the son of Kṛtavarmā, married Rukmiṇī's young daughter, large-eyed Cārumatī.
Commentary

Each queen had one daughter. In describing the marriage of Rukmini’s eldest daughter Carumati, to Krtavarma's son Bali, the marriage of all the daughers is indicated.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Cārumatī, representing all good qualities, was given to Balī. She is described as having large eyes since that indicates good fortune. It is said that a daughter with a face like the father is most fortunate.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Balī had the quality of strength and Cārumatī was beautiful (viśālākṣīm). He shone (rājan) or O king (rājan)! Kila means certainly. One should have no doubt about the marriage of the Lord’s daughter with a devotee since the Lord is affectionate to his devotee.

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Personal Guidance
Balī, son of Kṛtavarmā, married Cārumatī, Rukmiṇī's daughter. The simple mention encodes the broader marriages of all the queens' daughters, woven quietly into Kṛṣṇa's expanding household.
Reflection Questions
  • What small details in my own life carry meaning beyond what they first appear?
  • How might I see my ordinary household relationships as part of a larger sacred fabric?
Analogy

Like one wedding-flame lighting a second wedding-flame on the same hearth, Rukmiṇī's daughter Cārumatī passes to Kṛtavarmā's son in a second match alongside Aniruddha's — the Yadu-house celebrating two marriages where one would have sufficed.

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