Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.65.2

parisvaktas cirotkanthair

gopair gopibhir eva ca

ramo 'bhivadya pitarav

asirbhir abhinanditah

SYNONYMS

parisvaktah -- embraced; cira -- for a long time; utkanthaih -- who had been in anxiety; gopaih -- by the cowherd men; gopibhih -- by the cowherd women; eva -- indeed; ca -- also; ramah -- Lord Balarama; abhivadya -- offering respects; pitarau -- to His parents (Nanda and Yasoda); asirbhih -- with prayers; abhinanditah -- joyfully greeted.

TRANSLATION

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

PURPORT

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti gives the following verse regarding this situation:

nityananda-svarupo 'pi

prema-tapto vrajaukasam

yayau krsnam api tyaktva

yas tam ramam muhuh stumah

"Let us repeatedly glorify Lord Balarama. Although He is the original personality of eternal bliss, Nityananda, 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 Krsna."

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