The Hindu people often object about cousin-marriage in Islam and Christianity. But they do not find any problem when Krishna marries his cousin-sisters.
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Krishna himself is said to have married his paternal aunt’s daughter. Mitravinda was the daughter of Rajadhidevi who was the sister of Krishna’s father Vasudeva making Mitravinda the first cousin of Krishna,
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Srimad Bhagavatam 10.58.31,
“My dear King, Lord Kṛṣṇa forcibly took away ***Princess Mitravindā, the daughter of His aunt Rājādhidevī***, before the eyes of the rival kings.” Tr. Swami Prabhupada
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Krishna is said to have married another cousin named Bhadra.
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Srimad Bhagavatam 10.58.56,
“**Bhadrā was a princess of the Kaikeya kingdom and the daughter of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s paternal aunt Śrutakīrti**. The Lord married Bhadrā when her brothers, headed by Santardana, offered her to Him.” Tr. Swami Prabhupada
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Srimad Bhagavatam 10.83.15-16,
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“***Śrī Bhadrā said: My dear Draupadī, of his own free will my father invited his nephew Kṛṣṇa, to whom I had already dedicated my heart, and offered me to Him as His bride.*** My father presented me to the Lord with an akṣauhiṇi military guard and a retinue of my female companions. My ultimate perfection is this: to always be allowed to touch Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet as I wander from life to life, bound by my karma.” Tr. Swami Prabhupada
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Is it not a double standard!!!
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