Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.61.26
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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abhyudaye
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on the joyous occasion
abhi + udaya, 'rising-up.' Used for an auspicious event — udaya is the same word as sunrise. Bhāgavata-Sanskrit treats marriages as a 'rising' of family-fortune; the irony will rise to a fall by verse 36.
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rāma-keśavau
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Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa
Dual compound. Keśava names Kṛṣṇa as 'beautiful-haired' or as 'lord of Brahmā and Śiva' (ka + a + īśa = va). Pairing Balarāma and Keśava signals the two-fold leadership of the journey — and prepares the contrast at verse 36, where Balarāma will act and Keśava will keep silent.
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bhojakaṭam
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Bhojakaṭa
Rukmī's capital, built precisely to embody his vow never to re-enter Kuṇḍina without Kṛṣṇa's blood. Now Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, and Rukmiṇī enter it as honored guests — the Lord enters even the fortress built against Him.
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sāmba-pradyumnaka-ādayaḥ
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headed by Sāmba and Pradyumna
Pradyumna is Rukmavatī's husband (Rukmī's son-in-law) and Aniruddha's father; Sāmba is Jāmbavatī's son. The Bhāgavata lists those specifically present at the dice-fight to come — every name will matter when the violence breaks.
The result of his crooked behavior towards the Lord is now described. On the occasion of the great festival they went to Bhojakaṭa. Rukmiṇī is mentioned first because she was to go to her brother’s house. Balarāma and Sāmba are mentioned before Kṛṣṇa and Pradyumna because they stayed at relatives’ houses. Rukmī made arrangements for Kṛṣṇa, Pradyumna and others at individual houses separate from his own house.
On the occasion of the festival (abhyudaye), everyone including the young Yadus (ādayaḥ) went. Pradyumna is mentioned after Sāmba because he was in a minor position, since Rukmī would worry about his death when he came. The suffix ka also indicates the minor role. Śukadeva calls in bliss at the immanent death of the evil Rukmī.
- Whose joyous occasion is asking for my physical presence rather than a digital reply?
- How can I show up more fully for the milestones of those I love?
Like an ocean travelling inland to attend a wedding, Dvārakā's principal household — Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma, Rukmiṇī, Pradyumna, Sāmba — moves bodily into Bhojakaṭa, the very city Rukmī built as a fortress against them.
My note
Source: vedabase.io