Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.65.2

pariṣvaktaś cirotkaṇṭhair

gopair gopībhir eva ca

rāmo 'bhivādya pitarāv

āśīrbhir abhinanditaḥ

SYNONYMS

pariṣvaktaḥ — embraced; cira — for a long time; utkaṇṭhaiḥ — who had been in anxiety; gopaiḥ — by the cowherd men; gopībhiḥ — by the cowherd women; eva — indeed; ca — also; rāmaḥ — Lord Balarāma; abhivādya — offering respects; pitarau — to His parents (Nanda and Yaśodā); āśīrbhiḥ — with prayers; abhinanditaḥ — joyfully greeted.

TRANSLATION

Having long suffered the anxiety of separation, the cowherd men and their wives embraced Lord Balarāma. The Lord then offered respects to His parents, and they joyfully greeted Him with prayers.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī gives the following verse regarding this situation:

nityānanda-svarūpo 'pi

prema-tapto vrajaukasām

yayau kṛṣṇam api tyaktvā

yas taḿ rāmaḿ muhuḥ stumaḥ

"Let us repeatedly glorify Lord Balarāma. Although He is the original personality of eternal bliss, Nityānanda, He felt pained by His love for the residents of Vraja, and thus He went to see them, even at the cost of leaving Lord Kṛṣṇa."

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