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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.79.11-15

गोमतीं गण्डकीं स्‍नात्वा विपाशां शोण आप्लुत: ।

गयां गत्वा पितृनिष्ट्वा गङ्गासागरसङ्गमे ॥ ११ ॥

उपस्पृश्य महेन्द्राद्रौ रामं द‍ृष्ट्वाभिवाद्य च ।

सप्तगोदावरीं वेणां पम्पां भीमरथीं तत: ॥ १२ ॥

स्कन्दं द‍ृष्ट्वा ययौ राम: श्रीशैलं गिरिशालयम् ।

द्रविडेषु महापुण्यं द‍ृष्ट्वाद्रिं वेङ्कटं प्रभु: ॥ १३ ॥

कामकोष्णीं पुरीं काञ्चीं कावेरीं च सरिद्वराम् ।

श्रीरङ्गाख्यं महापुण्यं यत्र सन्निहितो हरि: ॥ १४ ॥

ऋषभाद्रिं हरे: क्षेत्रं दक्षिणां मथुरां तथा ।

सामुद्रं सेतुमगमत्महापातकनाशनम् ॥ १५ ॥

gomatīṁ gaṇḍakīṁ snātvā

vipāśāṁ śoṇa āplutaḥ

gayāṁ gatvā pitṝn iṣṭvā

gaṅgā-sāgara-saṅgame

upaspṛśya mahendrādrau

rāmaṁ dṛṣṭvābhivādya ca

sapta-godāvarīṁ veṇāṁ

pampāṁ bhīmarathīṁ tataḥ

skandaṁ dṛṣṭvā yayau rāmaḥ

śrī-śailaṁ giriśālayam

draviḍeṣu mahā-puṇyaṁ

dṛṣṭvādriṁ veṅkaṭaṁ prabhuḥ

kāma-koṣṇīṁ purīṁ kāñcīṁ

kāverīṁ ca sarid-varām

śrī-rangākhyaṁ mahā-puṇyaṁ

yatra sannihito hariḥ

ṛṣabhādriṁ hareḥ kṣetraṁ

dakṣiṇāṁ mathurāṁ tathā

sāmudraṁ setum agamat

mahā-pātaka-nāśanam

Translation

Lord Balarāma bathed in the Gomatī, Gaṇḍakī and Vipāśā rivers, and also immersed Himself in the Śoṇa. He went to Gayā, where He worshiped His forefathers, and to the mouth of the Ganges, where He performed purifying ablutions. At Mount Mahendra He saw Lord Paraśurāma and offered Him prayers, and then He bathed in the seven branches of the Godāvarī River, and also in the rivers Veṇā, Pampā and Bhīmarathī. Then Lord Balarāma met Lord Skanda and visited Śrī-śaila, the abode of Lord Giriśa. In the southern provinces known as Draviḍa-deśa the Supreme Lord saw the sacred Veṅkaṭa Hill, as well as the cities of Kāmakoṣṇī and Kāñcī, the exalted Kāverī River and the most holy Śrī-raṅga, where Lord Kṛṣṇa has manifested Himself. From there He went to Ṛṣabha Mountain, where Lord Kṛṣṇa also lives, and to the southern Mathurā. Then He came to Setubandha, where the most grievous sins are destroyed.

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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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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Pilgrimage With Reverence for the Supreme Lord

  1. 1

    Lord Balarāma bathed in sacred rivers, offered prayers to Lord Paraśurāma and visited many holy places. These included Śrī-raṅga, where Lord Kṛṣṇa has manifested Himself, and Ṛṣabha Mountain, where He also lives.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Lord Balarāma carefully worshiped His forefathers at Gayā on His father’s order, although His father and grandfather were still alive.

  3. 3

    Drawing on the Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī, the ācārya explains that Lord Balarāma avoided Jagannātha Purī to avoid the embarrassment of worshiping Himself among the forms of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Balabhadra and Subhadrā. His pilgrimage is thus the activity of the Supreme Lord Himself.

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