Verse 7
He carries her off· Verses 7–12
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7She too, seeing him, wanted him, who goes straight to women's hearts; she smiled, her side-glance shy, her heart and her eyes laid on him. 8Thinking of nothing but her and looking for his opening, Arjuna found no peace: his mind went round and round with a desire far too strong for him. 9At a great procession for a god, as she rode out of the fort in a chariot, the great chariot-fighter carried her off, with the leave of her parents and of Krsna. 10Standing on his chariot and taking up his bow, he drove off the brave men and the soldiers who barred his way, while his own people cried out, as the king of beasts takes his portion.
11Hearing of it, Rama was stirred like the great sea at the turn of the moon; and when Krsna and their well-wishers had taken hold of his feet, he grew calm. 12Bala gladly sent the wedding gifts for the bridegroom and the bride: elephants, chariots, horses, men and women, and furnishings of great worth.