Balaraama drags Yamuna River. Now, Chapter Twenty Five.

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Balaraama drags Yamuna River

Now, Chapter Twenty Five.

The story of how Balaraama drags Yamuna river is narrated here.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 1:

Sri Paraasharar – Balaraama was wandering around in Gokula with all the gopaas. He was taking the form of a human being, He is actually the one who is holding the entire earth, He is Shesha, Aadishesha.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 2:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

With His great act, Balaraama, had executed all the things in order to help the gods. He had incarnated on earth for the sake of the gods, and had done some great acts here. For His enjoyment, Varuna called Vaaruni, Madiraa and told her thus.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 3:

O Madire, go and give Him all the enjoyments and pleasures, for the enjoyment of Ananta, go happily and please Him. Let Him be pleased.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 4:

Having been told like that, Madiraa comes and lives in all the hollows of the Kadamba trees of Brundaavana.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 5:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

When Balaraama was wandering around in Vrundaavana, he sensed the fragrance of this Madiraa, which is there in the Kadamba trees hollows. Having sensed this, He liked it very much, and He wanted to drink that Madiraa.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 6:

Immediately from the Kadamba tree, the Madiraa was flowing incessantly, and He was extremely pleased.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 7:

He went and drank that Madiraa with all the gopaas and gopis, and being very happy and enjoying it. They were all singing all the beautiful songs with all instruments.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 8:

At that time, He was very intoxicated by the drinking of the Madiraa, and drops of sweat were there on His head, like pearls, because of the heat. He called Yamunaa, "O Yamunaa river, come here, I want to take bath".

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 9:

The Yamunaa river saw that He was intoxicated, and not in His proper senses, so she just neglected what He said. Balaraama got very angry, and took His halaayudha, His great plough.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 10:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

"O evil minded Yamunaa, go anywhere if you are capable", and He dragged Yamunaa with the end of His great plough.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 11:

When Yamunaa was dragged by Balaraama with His halaayudha, she started flowing and flooded all the Brundaavana there. The whole Brundaavana was filled with Yamunaa there.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 12:

Immediately, she took on a form, and was extremely terrified, and her eyes were all upwards. She pleads to Balaraama "Be pleased and don't trouble me, please leave me, O Musalaayudha".

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 13:

Balaraama was pleased with the nice words of Yamunaa, and said that she was disrespecting and neglecting Him, and she does not know His powers. "I am going to break you into a thousand parts with My halaayudha".

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 14:

Sri Paraasharar – When she pleaded further and was terrified, Balaraama was also pleased, and He calmed down, and when that whole area was filled with Yamunaa river, He left her at that time.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 15:

He took bath in that Yamunaa river, wherever He was sitting, as the Yamunaa had come there. Having taken bath, He was radiant.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 16:

Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary:

Taking a beautiful Karna pushpa, Lakshmi comes there, with one beautiful kundala, earrings, and whatever Varuna had given her, having a lotus garland which never withers, and with wonderful blue clothes which had the radiance of the ocean, Lakshmi came and gave Him all these things. This Lakshmi is different.

This is as per the Lakshmi vachana from Harivamsha. Balaraama's Devis are told to be three shaktis – Vaaruni, Kaanti and Lakshmi.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 17:

Having decorated Himself with all the beautiful and wonderful kundalaas, the Karna pushpa, the Neelaambara, and the wonderful lotus garland, Balaraama was shining forth with radiance, with great kaanti.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 18:

Thus, He enjoyed there in Brundaavana, for two months, and then He came back to Dwaarakaa Puri.

Sri Vishnu Puraana – Amsha 5, Chapter 25, Shloka 19:

He then married Revati, who was daughter of King Raivata. Through her, he got two sons, Nishita and Ulmuka.

This completed Chapter Twenty Five.

The story of Krishna and Rukmini will be told very briefly in the next chapter.

We just concluded Chapter 25 of Amsha 5.

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