Part 7: Marriage with Padmāvatī

Then Kṛṣṇa went with Halin to Ariṣṭapura to the svayaṃvara of Padmāvatī, the daughter of King Hiraṇyanābha. The two heroes were honored properly by King Hiraṇyanābha, full brother of Rohiṇī, calling them ‘nephews’ with pleasure. King Hiraṇyanābha’s elder brother, Raivata, became a mendicant with his father in the Blessed Nami’s congregation. His daughters,^[1] Revatī, Rāmā, Sītā, Bandhumatī, had been given before to Rohiṇī’s son, Rāma. As all the kings looked on, Hari took Padmāvatī and defeated in battle the kings who had come to the svayaṃvara. Rāma and Kṛṣṇa went to Dvārakā with their wives and Kṛṣṇa put Padmāvatī in a house near Gaurī’s house.