That one eyes resembling lotus petals, that most puissant hero, (Krishna), carried away the daughter of the king of the Gandharas, after having defeated, at a Svayamvara (Self-choice) all the rulers of the earth. Like horses, those exasperated kings were harnessed to his bridal chariot and lacerated with the cut of his whip.
तथा गान्धारराजस्य सुतां वीरः स्वयंवरे। निर्जित्य पृथिवीपालानावहत् पुष्करेक्षणः॥ अमृष्यमाणा राजानो यस्य जात्या हया इव। रथे वैवाहिके युक्ताः प्रतोदेन कृतव्रणाः॥