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By Giriraj Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n Today is Balarama Purnima, the appearance day of Lord Balarama, the first expansion of Lord Krishna, who plays as Krishna\u2019s older brother. Listening to Sri Caitanya-bhagavata<\/i> this morning, I happened to hear a description of Lord Chaitanya\u2019s special affinity for the mood of Lord Balarama: \u201cEvery day, Lord Chaitanya, accompanied by Lord Nityananda, visited various Vaishnavas\u2019 homes and enacted transcendental pastimes. The Lord was constantly engaged in His ecstasies, manifesting the moods and behaviors of different incarnations\u2014Matsya, Kurma, Narasimha, Varaha, Vamana, Ramachandra, Buddha, Kalki, and Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja. Lord Chaitanya displayed these moods, as and when He desired, and then quickly hid them. <\/p>\n \u201cBut somehow the mood of Balarama came repeatedly to the Lord, and He kept manifesting it. As Haladhara (Balarama), Lord Chaitanya would become very excited and shout loudly, \u2018Bring Me wine! Bring Me some wine!\u2019 Nityananda always understood the Lord\u2019s intentions, and so He would reverentially give Him a pot filled with Ganges water. At such times, Lord Chaitanya\u2019s mighty voice seemed to shake the entire creation, and His dancing was so wild it appeared as if the earth would shatter. Seeing such violent dancing, the devotees became fearful. They sang the glories of Balarama, and the Lord became very pleased and His ecstasy increased. In this state, the Lord moved about like a madman; He staggered like an intoxicated person, and He composed and recited varieties of poems and songs. What splendor He manifested in the mood of Balarama! The devotees gazed at the exquisite beauty of the Lord\u2019s face, but their eyes could not be satiated. They more they looked, the more their desire to see Lord Chaitanya\u2019s moonlike face increased\u2014without limit.\u201d (Cb Madhya<\/i> 28.61\u201374) <\/p>\n Sri Caitanya-caritamrita<\/i> (Adi<\/i> 17.115\u2013117) describes, \u201cOne day the Lord sat down in the corridor of a Visnu temple and began calling very loudly, \u2018Bring some honey! Bring some honey!\u2019 Nityananda Prabhu Gosani, understanding the ecstatic mood of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, brought a pot of Ganges water as a token and put it before Him. After drinking the water, Lord Caitanya became so ecstatic that He began to dance. Thus everyone saw the pastime of attracting the river Yamuna.\u201d<\/p>\n In his purport, Srila Prabhupada explains, \u201cYamunakarsana-lila<\/i> is the pastime of attracting the Yamuna. One day, Sri Baladeva wanted the Yamuna River to come before Him, and when the river Yamuna refused, He took His plow, wanting to dig a canal so that the Yamuna would be obliged to come there. Since Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the original form of Baladeva, in His ecstasy He asked everyone to bring honey. In this way, all the devotees standing there saw the yamunakarsana-lila<\/i>. In this lila<\/i>, Baladeva was accompanied by His girlfriends. After drinking a honey beverage called Varuni, He wanted to jump into the Yamuna and swim with the girls. It is stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam<\/i> (10.65.25\u201330, 33) that Lord Baladeva asked the Yamuna to come near, and when the river disobeyed the order of the Lord, He became angry and thus wanted to snatch her near to Him with His plow. The Yamuna, however, very much afraid of Lord Balarama\u2019s anger, immediately came and surrendered unto Him, praying to the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and admitting her fault. She was then excused.\u201d <\/p>\n This incident is also described in the Dasavatara-stotra<\/i> (8), the prayer of Jayadeva Gosvami concerning the ten incarnations:<\/p>\n vahasi vapusi visade vasanam jaladabham \u201cO Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari who have assumed the form of plow-wielding Balarama! All glories to You! On Your brilliant white body You wear garments colored like a fresh rain cloud and the river Yamuna, whom You frighten with the blows of Your plow.\u201d<\/p>\n May Lord Balarama kindly excuse us for our offenses and draw us near Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is Balarama Purnima, the appearance day of Lord Balarama, the first expansion of Lord Krishna, who plays as Krishna\u2019s older brother. Listening to Sri Caitanya-bhagavata this morning, I happened to hear a description of Lord Chaitanya\u2019s special affinity for the mood of Lord Balarama: \u201cEvery day, Lord Chaitanya, accompanied by Lord Nityananda, visited various Vaishnava\u2019s homes and enacted transcendental pastimes. The Lord was constantly engaged in His ecstasies, manifesting the moods and behaviors of different incarnations\u2014Matsya, Kurma, Narasimha, Varaha, Vamana, Ramachandra, Buddha, Kalki, and Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja. 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\nhalahati-bhiti-milita-yamunabham
\nkesava dhrta-haladhara-rupa jaya jagad-isa hare<\/i><\/p>\n![\"Hare](\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-QmM2NFY6FKA\/V7VQdQKRb-I\/AAAAAAAAeDE\/w93HkWSPiPM\/s0\/2016-08-18_08-06-44.jpg\")
By Giriraj Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n