Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.86.9

mahatyāḿ deva-yātrāyāḿ

ratha-sthāḿ durga-nirgatāḿ

jahārānumataḥ pitroḥ

kṛṣṇasya ca mahā-rathaḥ

SYNONYMS

mahatyām — important; deva — for the Supreme Lord; yātrāyām — during a festival; ratha — on a chariot; sthām — riding; durga — from the fortress; nirgatām — having exited; jahāra — he seized her; anumataḥ — sanctioned; pitroḥ — by her parents; kṛṣṇasya — by Kṛṣṇa; ca — and; mahā-rathaḥ — the mighty chariot warrior.

TRANSLATION

Once, on the occasion of a great temple festival in honor of the Supreme Lord, Subhadrā rode out of the fortresslike palace on a chariot, and at that time the mighty chariot warrior Arjuna took the opportunity to kidnap her. Subhadrā's parents and Kṛṣṇa had sanctioned this.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī identifies this festival as the annual Rathayātrā for Lord Viṣṇu on the occasion of His rising from mystic sleep at the end of Cāturmāsya. Subhadrā's parents are Vasudeva and Devakī.

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