Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 65: Lord Balarāma Visits Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.65.18

pūrṇa-candra-kalā-mṛṣṭe

kaumudī-gandha-vāyunā

yamunopavane reme

sevite strī-gaṇair vṛtaḥ

SYNONYMS

pūrṇa — full; candra — of the moon; kalā — by the rays; mṛṣṭe — bathed; kaumudī — of lotus flowers that open in the moonlight; gandha — (bearing) the fragrance; vāyunā — by the wind; yamunā — of the Yamunā River; upavanein a garden; remeHe enjoyed; sevite — served; strī — women; gaṇaiḥ — by many; vṛtaḥ — accompanied.

TRANSLATION

In the company of numerous women, Lord Balarāma enjoyed in a garden by the Yamunā River. This garden was bathed in the rays of the full moon and caressed by breezes bearing the fragrance of night-blooming lotuses.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Lord Balarāma's conjugal pastimes took place in a small forest alongside the Yamunā, a place known as Śrīrāma-ghaṭṭa, which is far from the site of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's rāsa dance.

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