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the scene, King Yudhiṣṭhira and his younger brothers Nakula and Sahadeva, as well as Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna

The inhabitants of Naimiṣāraṇya, learned sages and brāhmaṇas, became most pleased by seeing this, and They offered their heartfelt blessings to the Lord, and all agreed that none of Lord Balarāma’s attempts The sages and brāhmaṇas then performed a ceremonial bathing of Lord Balarāma, just as the demigods bathe The brāhmaṇas and sages honored Lord Balarāma by presenting Him with first-class new clothing and ornaments and the lotus garland of victory; this garland was the reservoir of all beauty and was everlasting –

Just after this, the mischievous demon Balvala began to shower torrents of stool and urine and other His hair, his beard and his mustache appeared reddish like copper, and because of his great beard and mustache, his mouth appeared dangerous and fierce. Lord Balarāma then called for His plow and club, and they immediately appeared before Him. with His plow and angrily smashed the demon’s head with His club.

When He returned to Dvārakā, He was received with great jubilation by relatives and friends, headed by King Ugrasena and other elderly persons, who all came forward to welcome Him. After this, He again went to the holy place of pilgrimage at Naimiṣāraṇya, and the sages, saintly persons and brāhmaṇas all stood up to receive Him. The brāhmaṇas and sages, who were always for peace and tranquillity, were very pleased at this.

After this incident, Lord Balarāma took permission from the brāhmaṇas assembled at Naimiṣāraṇya and, Here also He took His bath, and then He worshiped in the local temples of the demigods and, as enjoined in the Vedic literature, offered oblations to the forefathers and sages. He gradually reached the āśrama of the sage Pulaha and from there went to the rivers Gaṇḍakī and Gomatī He also took His bath there and performed the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies.

After distributing cows at Setubandha, Lord Balarāma proceeded toward the Kṛtamālā and Tāmraparṇī rivers These two rivers are celebrated as sacred, and Lord Balarāma bathed in them both. This hill is very great, and it is said to be one of seven peaks called the Malaya Hills. The great sage Agastya used to live there, and Lord Balarāma visited him and offered His respects by

proceeded toward the mountain known as Mahendra Parvata, where He met Paraśurāma, an incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa

After taking His bath, He dressed Himself in new silken garments and decorated Himself with beautiful Amidst His relatives and friends, He appeared to be a shining full moon amidst the luminaries in the of Godhead Ananta Himself; therefore He is beyond the scope of understanding by mind, intelligence or He descended exactly like a human being and behaved in that way for His own purposes; we can only explain is the original Viṣṇu; therefore anyone remembering these pastimes of Lord Balarāma in the morning and

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Balarāma, instructed the sages and saintly persons at Naimiṣāraṇya entities’ relationship with this cosmic manifestation, on how one should regard this whole universe, and is the understanding that the whole cosmic manifestation rests on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and

when a rich visitor goes to any place of pilgrimage he gives the local priests houses, cows, ornaments and because of its degradation in Vedic culture, is no longer attracted by these places of pilgrimage, and These brāhmaṇa priests in the places of pilgrimage are called paṇḍā or paṇḍita. This means that they were formerly very learned brāhmaṇas and used to guide the visitors in all details of the purpose of coming there, and thus both the visitors and the priests benefited by mutual cooperation

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the seventy-ninth chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “The Liberation of Balvala

Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma appeared on this earth to lessen the burden of military strength created by the

The good instruction given by Lord Balarāma to Bhīmasena and Duryodhana was intended for the equal benefit Each thought only of killing the other, and they did not give much importance to the instruction of Lord Both of them then became like madmen in remembering the strong accusations and ill behavior they had

The most important place of pilgrimage in southern India, or Draviḍa, is Veṅkaṭācala, commonly known After visiting this place Lord Balarāma proceeded toward Viṣṇukāñcī, and from there He proceeded along The biggest Viṣṇu temple in the world is in Raṅgakṣetra, and the Viṣṇu Deity there is celebrated as Raṅganātha

Lord Balarāma, wanting to stop the fighting, said, “My dear King Duryodhana and Bhīmasena, I know that both of you are great fighters and are well known in the world as great heroes, but still I think that

This temple of Kanyākumārī was also visited by Lord Rāmacandra, and therefore it is to be understood on to visit the pilgrimage city known as Phālguna-tīrtha, which is on the shore of the Indian Ocean, or There also He bathed according to the regulative principles and observed the ritualistic ceremonies.

After this He bathed in the rivers known as Tāpī, Payoṣṇī and Nirvindhyā, and then He came to the forest