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Dear Maharaja, Please accept my obeisances. Jaya Srila Prabhupada.

 

Here the lyrics of Lord Balarama's song in my musical "The Kidnapping of

Princess Rukmini".

 

Krsna!

This goes against our family traditions.

Whatever he might be, he's now part of the family

and he shouldn't have been put in this condition.

To shave his moustache, beard and hair is really quite unfair.

Why, it's almost the same as killing him.

 

O saintly Rukmini, please don't be aggrieved,

each one of us receives the result of his own deeds

For land, wealth women or pride, ksatriyas easily have a fight,

And you should be gentle, but not sentimental.

 

And Krsna you should know, that even though

one's kith and kin commits the greatest sin.

It is one's duty to pardon him.

 

O dear Rukmini, please don't be aggrieved,

by lack of knowledge unhappiness is guaranteed

and it disappears as soon as one hears philosophy.

 

Narrator: Hearing Lord Balarama's words of wisdom, Rukmini became pacified

and composed. As far as her brother Rukmi was concerned, He had neither

fulfilled his boasting promises nor succeeded in his mission. In his

frustration he decided never to return to his father's capital and resided

for the rest of his life in the small village of Bhojakata.

Lord Sri Krsna brought princess Rukmini to Dvaraka city, where He married

her accordingly.

 

 

Hare Krishna and bhadram te.

 

Yours in Srila Prabhupada's service,

 

Parividha das