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be besieged by us all together. If he will not regard our words, he must never be released."
Then Lakṣmaṇā and others said: "He, a brother-in-law, must be propitiated. Soothing, not angry speech, as it were, is the device for him." After this speech, Hari's wives, Rukmini and others, fell at Nemi's feet, urging him to marriage with persistence. When Kṛṣṇa saw Nemi being begged so by them, he approached and urged him in the marriage-business. Other Yadus also said to Nemi: Do what your brother asks. Make Śiva and Samudravijaya and other relatives happy."
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Importuned persistently in this way by them, Nemi thought: "Alas for their ignorance! Shame on that politeness of mine! Not only do they themselves fall into the ocean of worldly existence, they make others fall by the stone of affection tied (to them). Now this speech of theirs must be accepted by word only. At the right time I must necessarily do what is suitable for myself. That Ṛṣabha Tirthakṛt married in the past was because of pleasure-karma. The course of karma is different." With these reflections, Sri Nemi agreed to their speech. Hearing that, all, Samudravijaya and others, rejoiced.
After passing the hot season there, Govinda went to Dvāraka with his retinue, eager in the search for a maiden suitable for Nemi. Satyabhāmā said to him: "I have a younger sister, named Rājimati, who is suitable for Ariṣṭanemi." Kṛṣṇa said to her: "Satya, truly you have helped me, since I am lifted out of the ocean of anxiety about a woman suitable for Neminatha." Kṛṣṇa himself got up and went to Ugrasena's house, observed eagerly by the Yadus and townspeople. Ugrasena welcomed him with the foot-water, et cetera of the reception of a guest, seated him on a lion-throne, and asked the reason for his coming. Kṛṣṇa said,
King, you have a daughter, Rājimati, who is suitable for my younger brother, Nemi, superior to me in good qualities. Bhoja said: "By good fortune, it has happened, lord, that Hari comes to our house and makes us content. This house, this wealth, we, this daughter-everything is at your disposal.
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