Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.86.5
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesLord Balarāma Respectfully Welcomes His Guest
“One day Lord Balarāma brought him to His home as His invited dinner guest, and Arjuna ate the food the Lord respectfully offered him.”
What the purport teaches
- Lord Balarāma invited Arjuna into His home for dinner and respectfully offered him food.
- Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Arjuna, in his sannyāsī role, had just completed the four-month rainy-season vows.
- He could now accept general invitations from householders again. Thus his visit to Lord Balarāma did not suggest any unusual motive.
Try this today
Offer someone food or a drink with deliberate respect today.
Ask yourself
How does the explanation of the rainy-season vows clarify Arjuna’s visit?
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.