Sri Rukmini's Letter To Krishna

Shri Rukmini said [in her letter, as read by the brahmana]:

O beauty of the worlds, Bhuvansundar Krishn having heard of Your qualities, which enter the ears of those who hear and remove their bodily distress, and having also heard of Your beauty, which fulfills all the visual desires of those who see, I have fixed my shameless mind upon You, O Kṛṣṇa.

O Mukunda, You are equal only to Yourself in lineage, character, beauty, knowledge, youthfulness, wealth and influence. O lion among men, You delight the minds of all mankind. What aristocratic, sober-minded and marriageable girl of a good family would not choose You as her husband when the proper time has come?

Therefore, my dear Lord, I have chosen You as my husband, and I surrender myself to You. Please come swiftly, O almighty one, and make me Your wife. My dear lotus-eyed Lord, let Śiśupāla never touch the hero’s portion like a jackal stealing the property of a lion.

If I have sufficiently worshiped You by pious works, sacrifices, charity, rituals, and vows, and also by worshiping the demigods, brahmanas, and gurus, then may Gadagraja come and take my hand, and not Damaghosha’s son or anyone else.

Since I will be staying within the inner chambers of the palace, You may wonder, “How can I carry you away without killing some of your relatives?” But I shall tell You a way: On the day before the marriage there is a grand procession to honor the royal family’s deity, and in this procession, the new bride goes outside the city to visit Goddess Girija.

O lotus-eyed one, great souls like Lord Shiva hanker to bathe in the dust of Your lotus feet and thereby destroy their ignorance. If I cannot obtain Your mercy, I shall simply give up my vital force, which have become weak from the severe penances I will perform. Then, after hundreds of lifetimes of endeavor, I may obtain Your mercy.

As soon as Krishna got the letter, he left for Vidarbha with Balarama Dau.

This is how Vaidarbhiji called Shri Krishna to herself in Vidarbh to take her away with him.

Both of them were deeply in love with each other but had to bear the pain of separation because of the societal norms. But it is said, That Love finds its way through every thick and thin. That is why RukminiKrishn also became one after fighting against all odds and adversities.

Today we compare the love of Shri Rukmini and Radharani towards KRISHNA with each other but in reality the love they had and have for him cannot be described through words so we don't have any right to compare that.

She is the one who took care of the children of Draupadi like their own mother after Yagyaseni went to Vanvas with her husbands.

She is eldest queen of Dwarka, MAHARANI of VAIKUNTHA DWARKA.

Mata Rukmini is herself AdiShakti, she who provides energy to the whole universe and even Narayan avatar Shri Krishna. Her pain, sacrifices, sufferings all is beyond our imagination just as her mercy, compassion for her devotees, love towards her beloveds is unimaginable.

That is why we all should learn to respect the love and pain of Shri Shri Dwarakadhamnayak RukminiKrishna.

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