Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 79: Lord Balarama Goes on Pilgrimage

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.79.18

tatah phalgunam asadya

pancapsarasam uttamam

vishnuh sannihito yatra

snatvasparsad gavayutam

SYNONYMS

tatah -- then; phalgunam -- Phalguna; asadya -- reaching; panca-apsarasam -- the lake of the five Apsaras; uttamam -- exalted; vishnuh -- the Supreme Lord, Vishnu; sannihitah -- manifested; yatra -- wherein; snatva -- bathing; asparsat -- He touched (as part of the ritual in giving as charity); gava -- cows; ayutam -- ten thousand.

TRANSLATION

Next He went to Phalguna-tirtha and bathed in the sacred Pancapsara Lake, where Lord Vishnu had directly manifested Himself. At this place He gave away another ten thousand cows.

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