Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.61.31
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesBalarāma’s Anger and the Greater Wager
“Shaking with anger like the ocean on the full-moon day, handsome Lord Balarāma, His naturally reddish eyes even redder in His fury, accepted a wager of one hundred million gold coins.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Balarāma shook with anger, like the ocean on the full-moon day.
- The translation describes Him as handsome. His naturally reddish eyes became even redder in His fury.
- Lord Balarāma accepted a wager of one hundred million gold coins.
Try this today
Read the verse slowly once, noticing its descriptions of Lord Balarāma’s beauty, eyes and anger.
Ask yourself
How does the image of the full-moon ocean help me understand the intensity described here?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.