Part 1: Marriage with Rukmiṇī

There (in Dvārikā) Kṛṣṇa remained happily with Rāma, attending the Daśārhas, amusing himself, surrounded by the Yadus. There the Blessed Ariṣṭanemi grew up in course of time, spreading joy to the Daśārhas and the brothers, Halin and Kṛṣṇa. All the brothers, though elder, became young and played with the Master in the grounds of amusement-mountains, gardens, et cetera. The Master, ten bows tall, gradually attained adolescence, victorious from birth over love, his mind uncorrupted by it. Though begged by his parents and by his brothers, Rāma, Kṛṣṇa^[1] and the others, day after day, he did not consider marriage. Rāma and Kṛṣṇa conquered many kings and the two, united like Śakra and Īśāna, protected the subjects.