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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.30.23

Nirodha· Winding up

Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Enter the Battle

“O son of the Kurus, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma then became very angry. Picking up cane stalks, They moved about within the battle and began to kill with these clubs.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.30.23, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma then became very angry.
  • They picked up cane stalks and used them as clubs.
  • Moving about within the battle, They began to kill with these clubs.

Try this today

Read the verse once slowly and summarize only what it says about Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.

Ask yourself

Can I attend carefully to this difficult scene without adding explanations the verse does not give?

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.

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