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## Chapter Forty-Two: The Abduction of Rukmini
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Dwārikā, resounding with the booming drums of dawn, the conch shells, the sweet music, and the deep roar of the ocean, like the thunder of clouds. Every house, every home, awoke, the king and his people, each fulfilling their duties as they should. ||10||
The sun, rising, swiftly removed the darkness created by others, and joined together what had been separated by others. He was extremely clever, capable, the bright and ever-wakeful eye of the world, like the path of the Jina's words, or like the Creator himself. ||108||
Thus ends the forty-second chapter of the Harivamsha Purana, composed by Jinasena Acharya, a part of the Arishta-nemi Purana, describing the abduction of Rukmini. ||42||
**Notes:**
* **Jina:** A Jain Tirthankara, a spiritual teacher.
* **Jina's words:** The teachings of the Jain Tirthankaras.
* **Creator:** A reference to Brahma, the creator god in Hinduism.