The kings of Bharatavarsha had come to Syamantapanchaka too and among them were the Pandavas and Kunti, Krishna’s aunt. Of course, the Pandava queen, Krishnaa Draupadi had come too and she was delighted to meet Krishna’s wives. They greeted one another like long lost friends, the wife of Nara and the wives of Narayana.
They went away on their own a distance, eagerly chatting and Draupadi asked them to recount how each of them had been wedded by Krishna. The Yadava women blushed at the recollection and then Rukmini, the first wife of Krishna began to tell her tale.
“I had given my heart to Krishna long before I ever saw him. My father and my brothers wanted to forcibly marry me to Sisupala. I wrote a letter to Krishna asking him to save me and to accept me as his, and he came on the eve of my marriage. He stormed right into the midst of the soldiers around me and took me away on his chariot. The many kshatriya kings who had gathered for the festivities furiously attacked him, but no one could stop him,” she said, a smile upon her lips as she remembered the past.
Feisty Satyabhama went next. “My father, Satrajit, accused Krishna of stealing the wonderful Symantakamani when in reality, it had been taken by a lion that had killed my uncle, Prasenajit. Krishna went into the forest to trace it, bring it back, and prove his innocence. There he found the mighty Jambavan had the jewel. After a great battle, Jambavan gave the mani back to Krishna, who brought it back to my father. Ashamed that he had accused Krishna and afraid of what the people would do to him, he requested Krishna to accept my hand in marriage. That is how I became his wife.”
Next it was Jambavati’s turn, and she recounted the tale of her father, Jambavan, who had been Sri Rama’s close ally. “Father did not recognize Krishna as his beloved Sri Rama. He battled Krishna for days on end, refusing to give up the Syamantakamani. Finally, when he could not defeat Krishna, he realized who he had been fighting, and he immediately offered my hand in marriage.”
Kalindi, daughter of Suryadeva, shyly told Draupadi how she had been in penance by the river when Arjuna and Krishna had stopped by on one of their adventures. “Draupadi, it was your husband, Arjuna, who brought me to Krishna after hearing how I yearned to become his,” she said.
Mitravinda spoke up next. “You know that Krishna is my cousin and so, I had always known him. When I was but a girl, I decided that he would be my husband and no one else. My father was happy to give me in marriage to Krishna. He sent me away with him but many kshatriyas opposed it and attacked us on the way to Dwaraka. Of course, they could not stop Krishna and they all fled soon enough.”
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