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2016-03-17 Srimad Bhagavatam 10.78.18-23 - Reasoning Behind Following Rituals (download mp3) by Radha Gopinath Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty www.iskcondesiretree.com SB 10.78.18snatva prabhase santarpya devarsi-pitr-manavansarasvatim prati-srotam yayau brahmana-samvrtah Translation: After bathing at Prabhasa and honoring the demigods, sages, forefathers and prominent human beings, He went in the company of brahmanas to the portion of the Sarasvati that flows westward into the sea. SB 10.78.19-20prthudakam bindu-saras tritakupam sudarsanamvisalam brahma-tirtham ca cakram pracim sarasvatimyamunam anu yany eva gangam anu ca bharatajagama naimisam yatra rsayah satram asate Translation: Lord Balarama visited the broad Bindu-saras Lake, Tritakupa, Sudarsana, Visala, Brahma-tirtha, Cakra-tirtha and the eastward-flowing Sarasvati. He also went to all the holy places along the Yamuna and the Ganges, O Bharata, and then He came to the Naimisa forest, where great sages were performing an elaborate sacrifice. SB 10.78.21tam agatam abhipretya munayo dirgha-satrinahabhinandya yatha-nyayam pranamyotthaya carcayan Translation: Recognizing the Lord upon His arrival, the sages, who had been engaged in their sacrificial rituals for a long time, greeted Him properly by standing up, bowing down and worshiping Him. SB 10.78.22so ’rcitah sa-parivarah krtasana-parigrahahromaharsanam asinam maharseh sisyam aiksata Translation: After being thus worshiped along with His entourage, the Lord accepted a seat of honor. Then He noticed that Romaharsana, Vyasadeva’s disciple, had remained seated. SB 10.78.23apratyutthayinam sutam akrta-prahvanañjalimadhyasinam ca tan viprams cukopodviksya madhavah Translation: Lord Balarama became extremely angry upon seeing how this member of the suta caste had failed to stand up, bow down or join his palms, and also how he was sitting above all the learned brahmanas. Purport: Romaharsana had failed to greet Lord Balarama in any of the standard ways for welcoming a superior personality. Also, despite being of a lower caste, he sat in a seat above the assembly of exalted brahmanas.
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2016-03-17 Srimad Bhagavatam 10.78.18-23 - Reasoning Behind Following Rituals (download mp3) by Radha Gopinath Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty www.iskcondesiretree.com SB 10.78.18snatva prabhase santarpya devarsi-pitr-manavansarasvatim prati-srotam yayau brahmana-samvrtah Translation: After bathing at Prabhasa and honoring the demigods, sages, forefathers and prominent human beings, He went in the company of brahmanas to the portion of the Sarasvati that flows westward into the sea. SB 10.78.19-20prthudakam bindu-saras tritakupam sudarsanamvisalam brahma-tirtham ca cakram pracim sarasvatimyamunam anu yany eva gangam anu ca bharatajagama naimisam yatra rsayah satram asate Translation: Lord Balarama visited the broad Bindu-saras Lake, Tritakupa, Sudarsana, Visala, Brahma-tirtha, Cakra-tirtha and the eastward-flowing Sarasvati. He also went to all the holy places along the Yamuna and the Ganges, O Bharata, and then He came to the Naimisa forest, where great sages were performing an elaborate sacrifice. SB 10.78.21tam agatam abhipretya munayo dirgha-satrinahabhinandya yatha-nyayam pranamyotthaya carcayan Translation: Recognizing the Lord upon His arrival, the sages, who had been engaged in their sacrificial rituals for a long time, greeted Him properly by standing up, bowing down and worshiping Him. SB 10.78.22so ’rcitah sa-parivarah krtasana-parigrahahromaharsanam asinam maharseh sisyam aiksata Translation: After being thus worshiped along with His entourage, the Lord accepted a seat of honor. Then He noticed that Romaharsana, Vyasadeva’s disciple, had remained seated. SB 10.78.23apratyutthayinam sutam akrta-prahvanañjalimadhyasinam ca tan viprams cukopodviksya madhavah Translation: Lord Balarama became extremely angry upon seeing how this member of the suta caste had failed to stand up, bow down or join his palms, and also how he was sitting above all the learned brahmanas. Purport: Romaharsana had failed to greet Lord Balarama in any of the standard ways for welcoming a superior personality. Also, despite being of a lower caste, he sat in a seat above the assembly of exalted brahmanas.