Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.65.17

dvau masau tatra cavatsin

madhum madhavam eva ca

ramah ksapasu bhagavan

gopinam ratim avahan

SYNONYMS

dvau -- two; masau -- months; tatra -- there (in Gokula); ca -- and; avatsit -- resided; madhum -- Madhu (the first month of the Vedic calendar, at the time of the spring equinox); madhavam -- Madhava (the second month); eva -- indeed; ca -- also; ramah -- Balarama; ksapasu -- during the nights; bhagavan -- the Supreme Lord; gopinam -- to the gopis; ratim -- conjugal pleasure; avahan -- bringing.

TRANSLATION

Lord Balarama, the Personality of Godhead, resided there for the two months of Madhu and Madhava, and during the nights He gave His cowherd girlfriends conjugal pleasure.

PURPORT

Srila Sridhara Svami states that the gopis who enjoyed conjugal affairs with Sri Balarama during His visit to Gokula had not taken part in Sri Krsna's rasa dance, being too young at the time. Srila Jiva Gosvami confirms this statement by quoting a phrase from the Bhagavatam (10.15.8) -- gopyo 'ntarena bhujayoh -- which indicates that there are particular gopis who act as Lord Balarama's girlfriends. Furthermore, Jiva Gosvami states that during the Holi festivities celebrated when Krsna killed Sankhacuda, the gopis Lord Balarama enjoyed with were different from the ones Lord Krsna enjoyed with. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti agrees with this explanation.

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