Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.65.17
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesBalarāma Has His Own Cowherd Girlfriends
“Lord Balarāma, the Personality of Godhead, resided there for the two months of Madhu and Mādhava, and during the nights He gave His cowherd girlfriends conjugal pleasure.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Balarāma, the Personality of Godhead, stays for the two months of Madhu and Mādhava. At night He gives His cowherd girlfriends conjugal pleasure.
- Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that these gopīs had been too young to participate in Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa dance.
- Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī confirms that particular gopīs are Balarāma’s girlfriends. At the Holī festivities as well, His companions were different from Kṛṣṇa’s.
Try this today
Write one sentence noting both Balarāma’s identity as the Personality of Godhead and the distinction between His companions and Kṛṣṇa’s.
Ask yourself
How does the purport help you distinguish Balarāma’s companions from Kṛṣṇa’s?
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.