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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.90.36

స రుక్‍మిణో దుహితరముపయేమే మహారథ: । తస్యాం తతోఽనిరుద్ధోఽభూత్నాగాయతబలాన్విత: ॥ ౩౬ ॥
sa rukmiṇo duhitaram
[sa rukmino duhitaram]
upayeme mahā-rathaḥ
[upayeme mahaa-rathah]
tasyāṁ tato ’niruddho ’bhūt
[tasyaam tato ’niruddho ’bhoot]
nāgāyata-balānvitaḥ
[naagaayata-balaanvitah]
saḥ — He (Pradyumna) rukmiṇaḥ — of Rukmī (the oldest brother of Rukmiṇī) duhitaram — the daughter, Rukmavatī upayeme — married mahā - rathaḥ — the great chariot warrior tasyām — in her tataḥ — then aniruddhaḥ — Aniruddha abhūt — was born nāga — of elephants ayuta — ten thousand bala — with the strength anvitaḥ — endowed .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa rukmiṇo duhitaram
saḥ
He (Pradyumna)
rukmiṇaḥ
of Rukmī (the oldest brother of Rukmiṇī)
duhitaram
the daughter, Rukmavatī
upayeme mahā-rathaḥ
upayeme
married
mahā - rathaḥ
the great chariot warrior
tasyāṁ tato ’niruddho ’bhūt
tasyām
in her
tataḥ
then
nāgāyata-balānvitaḥ
aniruddhaḥ
Aniruddha
abhūt
was born
nāga
of elephants
ayuta
ten thousand
bala
with the strength
anvitaḥ
endowed .
  • nāga-ayuta-bala-anvitaḥ — endowed with the strength of ten thousand elephants
    Compound: nāga (elephant) + ayuta (ten thousand) + bala (strength) + anvita (endowed). Sanskrit's heroic measure. Aniruddha — etymologically 'unobstructable' — possesses ten thousand elephants' force. The name and the capacity match.
  • mahā-rathaḥ — the great chariot-warrior
    Compound: mahā + ratha. Pradyumna inherits this rank and his son Aniruddha exceeds it. Gauḍīya pattern: descent of svarūpa-śakti through Vaiṣṇava lineage is not metaphor — it is genealogical.
  • rukmiṇaḥ — of Rukmī
    Genitive of Rukmī — Rukmiṇī's brother, originally opposed to Kṛṣṇa (he tried to prevent his sister's marriage). His daughter Rukmavatī marries Pradyumna — old enmity dissolved in the next generation. Gauḍīya: bhakti unwinds family feuds.
  • duhitaram — the daughter
    Accusative of duhitṛ — daughter. Sanskrit's PIE-cognate word (cf. Greek thugatēr, English daughter). The Rukmī-Rukmiṇī-Pradyumna-Aniruddha cross-marriage knits the families that once warred — Bhagavān's līlā reconciles.
The great warrior Pradyumna married Rukmī’s daughter [Rukmavatī], who gave birth to Aniruddha. He was as strong as ten thousand elephants.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The great warrior Pradyumna married Rukmī's daughter [Rukmavatī], who gave birth to Aniruddha. He was as strong as ten thousand elephants.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

He was a great warrior because he abducted Rukmavatī in a battle, defeating other kings. Aniruddha was stronger than Pradyumna. They followed pastimes in this world. Actually however they were all īśvara (supremely powerful).

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Pradyumna marries his uncle Rukmī's daughter; their son Aniruddha possesses the strength of ten thousand elephants. Generation by generation Bhagavān's potency reproduces — bhakti-aiśvarya is heritable in the line He has chosen.

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