SB 1.10.29

या वीर्यशुल्केन हृताः स्वयंवरे प्रमथ्य चैद्यप्रमुखान्हि शुष्मिणः ।
प्रद्युम्नसाम्बाम्बसुतादयोऽपरा याश्चाहृता भौमवधे सहस्रशः ॥ २९ ॥
yā vīrya-śulkena hṛtāḥ svayaṁvare
pramathya caidya-pramukhān hi śuṣmiṇaḥ
pradyumna-sāmbāmba-sutādayo’parā
yāś cāhṛtā bhauma-vadhe sahasraśaḥ

Synonyms

yāḥ — those [queens]; pradyumna-sāmbāmba-sutādayaḥ — who have sons such as Pradyumna, Sāmba, and Āmba [here by mention of their sons’ names, the queens being referred to are Rukmiṇī, Jāmbavatī, and Nāgnajitī, respectively. The word ādayaḥ, “and so on,” refers to the sons of other queens, such as Satyabhāmā.89]; hṛtāḥ — were forcibly abducted [by Kṛṣṇa]; pramathya — after He subdued [vinirjitya90]; śuṣmiṇaḥ — powerful kings [baliṣṭhān]; pramukhān — headed by; caidya — Śiśupāla; vīrya-śulkena hi — through contests of valor alone [vīryaṁ prabhāva eva śulkaṁ mūlyam]; svayaṁvare — in the ceremony of selecting the worthiest bridegroom among various suitors; ca — in addition; sahasraśaḥ — [there are] thousands; aparāḥ — of other women [striyaḥ91]; yāḥ — who; āhṛtāḥ — were rescued [by Kṛṣṇa]; bhauma-vadhe — after He killed the ungodly Naraka, son of the Earth [bhaumasya narakāsurasya vadhe jāte sati].

Translation

Those queens, who have sons such as Pradyumna, Sāmba, and Āmba, were forcibly abducted by Kṛṣṇa after He subdued powerful kings headed by Śiśupāla through contests of valor alone in the ceremony of selecting the worthiest bridegroom among various suitors (svayaṁvara). In addition, there are thousands of other women who were rescued by Kṛṣṇa after He killed the ungodly Naraka, son of the Earth.

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