‘You may have been raised amongst cowherds but your actions are those of a prince. He apologized to Krishna for accusing him of murder. Krishna returned the jewel to Satrajit and when Satrajit came to know of the real facts behind the happening, he was pleased to have the jewel back. Thus Krishna married Jambavati.Īnd so Krishna returned to Dwaraka, triumphant, with the jewel and the bear-princess Jambavati.ģ. Worthy enough to be my son-in-law’ and prayed him to marry his daughter. Accepting defeat, Jambavan said, ‘You are strong and worthy of the jewel. They fought for 28 days for the jewel, Krishna impressed Jambavan with his strength and ability and recognized Krishna to be the incarnation of Rama. Krishna went in search of syamantaka so that he could clear the accusation, he found the jewel with Jambavan. When Satrajit heard of his brother’s death and missing Syamantaka he accused Krishna of it. One day Prasanjit took the jewel and went for hunting, he was attacked and killed by a lion, meanwhile Jambavan (who lived from the time of Sri Rama) took the jewel and gave it to his daughter to play with. But both Satrajit and his brother Prasanjit denied. Krishna told Satrajit to send the jewel to Ugrasena so that it could be guarded safely. Satrajit a noble man of Yadav dynasty who owned a divine jewel called ‘Syamantaka’ from Lord Surya. Thus sparing his life Krishna drove away to his capital Dwaraka. Rukmi chased Krishna and started fighting with him, Krishna defeated Rukmi in the fight and when he was about to kill Rukmi, Rukmi interceded and begged for her brother’s life. When other kings noticed it they started chasing Krishna.īalarama stopped them all except Rukmi who was already too close to Krishna. He took her away in his chariot and started driving away. When she stepped out of the temple she saw Krishna waiting for her. On the day of the wedding, Rukmini went to the temple but could not see Krishna anywhere, she prayed to goddess Gauri that Krishna take her away.
While the messenger searched, she prayed to the goddess Gauri each day, hoping that the husband she desired was the husband she was destined to have. For everyone had heard that not a single dead body had been found in the burnt city of Mathura. She wrote a letter and gave it to a messenger, ordering him to wander in every direction possible and find out where the Yadu clans had migrated to. Her father (Bhismaka), and her brother (Rukmi), argued that Krishna was dead, and decided to wed her to Jarasandha’s favourite, Shishupala of Chedi. ‘I will marry only Krishna,’ she insisted. When news came of Mathura’s fall, everyone said Krishna was dead.
In Vidarbha, in the city of Kundina, Princess Rukmini had heard about a young cowherd, much loved by the milkmaids of Vrindavana, who had charmed the residents of Mathura, slain the powerful king Kamsa and challenged the might of Jarasandha. Now let’s talk about the Asta-Patabansis-Bharyas of Krishna. To accept new ideas into a household, the heart has to expand to receive what is offered. Krishna realized how daughters-in-laws transform a household, enrich it with diversity, provided they are allowed to express and accommodate themselves. Krishna’s wives, like Lakshmi, brought abundance and affluence into his household: they brought seeds from different lands to ensure his gardens were ful of different kinds of fruits and flowers and vegetables they brought recipes from their mother’s kitchens they decorated the walls of his house with paintings they came with new ideas about life and they gave him children. His eight wives were regarded as the eight manifestations of Goddess Lakshmi who brought prosperity into the city from the eight corners of the earth. Though not king, Krishna became renowned as Dwarakadhish (the guardian of Dwaraka). Madra (today’s Sindh), Kekaya (today’s Baluchistan), Avanti (today’s Madhya Pradesh) and Kosala (today’s Uttar Pradesh). So that several of Krishna’s wives come from kingdoms that surrounded Gujarat (Gujarat is very much close to the Dwaraka). These alliances protected the new home of the Yadavas from their opponents, especially Jarasandha, whose rage knew no bounds when he knew that not only had Krishna escaped the fire at Mathura but also succeeded in establishing a powerful kingdom named Dwaraka. Through his eight wives, Krishna established powerful marital alliances with the kingdoms around his state Dwaraka. So I wrote this blog which tells the stories of their respective marriages and a complete idea about them. Sometimes I wonder why Krishna’s eight wives doesn’t inspire the writers and poets as much as his beloved Gopis!
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