Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.78.23

apratyutthayinam sutam

akrita-prahvananjalim

adhyasinam ca tan viprams

cukopodvikshya madhavah

SYNONYMS

apratyutthayinam -- who had failed to stand up; sutam -- the son of a mixed marriage between a kshatriya father and brahmana mother; akrita -- who had not done; prahvana -- bowing down; anjalim -- and joining of palms; adhyasinam -- sitting higher; ca -- and; tan -- than those; vipran -- learned brahmanas; cukopa -- became angry; udvikshya -- seeing; madhavah -- Lord Balarama.

TRANSLATION

Lord Balarama became extremely angry upon seeing how this member of the suta caste had failed to stand up, bow down or join his palms, and also how he was sitting above all the learned brahmanas.

PURPORT

Romaharshana had failed to greet Lord Balarama in any of the standard ways for welcoming a superior personality. Also, despite being of a lower caste, he sat in a seat above the assembly of exalted brahmanas.

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