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• Vedic astronomers of five thousand years ago could predict eclipses of the sun and moon just as well as our modern astronomers can.
• The holy pilgrimage site known as Samanta-pañcaka is located at Kurukṣetra, the “sacred ground of the Kurus,” where the Kuru kings’ predecessors performed many Vedic sacrifices.
• The Kurus were thus advised by learned brāhmaṇas that this would be the best place for them to observe vows during the eclipse.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Humility and separation → Friendship and reunion. The sweetness of relationship outweighs prestige.

Chapters 80–86 of Canto 10: Sudāmā and reunion with the residents of Vraja. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 82: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Meet the Inhabitants of Vṛndāvana

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Hearing that a total eclipse of the sun was soon to occur, people from all over Bhārata-varṣa, including the Yādavas, converged at Kurukṣetra to earn special pious credit. After the Yadus had bathed and performed other obligatory rituals, they noticed that kings of Matsya, Uśīnara and other places had also come, as well as Nanda Mahārāja and the cowherd community of Vraja, who were always feeling the intense anxiety of separation from Kṛṣṇa.