Vaishnava Reception and Loving Exchanges

2012-01-13
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.05.21-23 - Vaishnava Reception and Loving Exchanges (download mp3) , (download flv) & (download mp4)
by Giriraj Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 10.5.21

tam drstva sahasotthaya

dehah pranam ivagatam

pritah priyatamam dorbhyam

sasvaje prema-vihvalah

Translation:

When Nanda Maharaja heard that Vasudeva had come, he was overwhelmed with love and affection, being as pleased as if his body had regained its life. Seeing Vasudeva suddenly present, he got up and embraced him with both arms.

Purport:

Nanda Maharaja was older than Vasudeva. Therefore Nanda Maharaja embraced him, and Vasudeva offered him namaskara.

SB 10.5.22

pujitah sukham asinah

prstvanamayam adrtah

prasakta-dhih svatmajayor

idam aha visampate

Translation:

O Maharaja Pariksit, having thus been received and welcomed by Nanda Maharaja with honor, Vasudeva sat down very peacefully and inquired about his own two sons because of intense love for them.

SB 10.5.23

distya bhratah pravayasa

idanim aprajasya te

prajasaya nivrttasya

praja yat samapadyata

Translation:

My dear brother Nanda Maharaja, at an advanced age you had no son at all and were hopeless of having one. Therefore, that you now have a son is a sign of great fortune.

Purport:

At an advanced age one generally cannot beget a male child. If by chance one does beget a child at this age, the child is generally female. Thus Vasudeva indirectly asked Nanda Maharaja whether he had actually begotten a male child or a female child. Vasudeva knew that Yasoda had given birth to a female child, whom he had stolen and replaced with a male child. This was a great mystery, and Vasudeva wanted to determine whether this mystery was already known to Nanda Maharaja. On inquiring, however, he was confident that the mystery of Krsna's birth and His being placed in the care of Yasoda was still hidden. There was no danger, since Kamsa at least could not learn what had already happened.