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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.79.29

diṣṭaḿ tad anumanvāno

rāmo dvāravatīḿ yayau

ugrasenādibhiḥ prītair

jñātibhiḥ samupāgataḥ

SYNONYMS

diṣṭam — fate; tat — that; anumanvānaḥ — deciding; rāmaḥ — Lord Balarāma; dvāravatīmto Dvārakā; yayau — went; ugrasena-ādibhiḥ — headed by Ugrasena; prītaiḥ — delighted; jñātibhiḥ — by His family members; samupāgataḥ — greeted.

TRANSLATION

Concluding that the battle was the arrangement of fate, Lord Balarāma went back to Dvārakā. There He was greeted by Ugrasena and His other relatives, who were all delighted to see Him.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that the word diṣṭam, "fate," indicates that the battle between Bhīma and Duryodhana had been enjoined by Lord Kṛṣṇa and set into motion by Him.

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