Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 10 Chapter 38 Texts 28-33 – February 21, 2021

Canto 10 Chapter 38 Texts 28-33

dadarśa kṛṣṇaṁ rāmaṁ ca
vraje go-dohanaṁ gatau
pīta-nīlāmbara-dharau
śarad-amburahekṣaṇau

kiśorau śyāmala-śvetau
śrī-niketau bṛhad-bhujau
su-mukhau sundara-varau
bala-dvirada-vikramau

dhvaja-vajrāṅkuśāmbhojaiś
cihnitair aṅghribhir vrajam
śobhayantau mahātmānau
sānukrośa-smitekṣaṇau

udāra-rucira-krīḍau
sragviṇau vana-mālinau
puṇya-gandhānuliptāṅgau
snātau viraja-vāsasau

pradhāna-puruṣāv ādyau
jagad-dhetū jagat-patī
avatīrṇau jagaty-arthe
svāṁśena bala-keśavau

diśo vitimirā rājan
kurvāṇau prabhayā svayā
yathā mārakataḥ śailo
raupyaś ca kanakācitau

TRANSLATION
Akrūra then saw Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma in the village of Vraja, going to milk the cows. Kṛṣṇa wore yellow garments, Balarāma blue, and Their eyes resembled autumnal lotuses. One of those two mighty-armed youths, the shelters of the goddess of fortune, had a dark-blue complexion, and the other’s was white. With Their fine-featured faces They were the most beautiful of all persons. As They walked with the gait of young elephants, glancing about with compassionate smiles, Those two exalted personalities beautified the cow pasture with the impressions of Their feet, which bore the marks of the flag, lightning bolt, elephant goad and lotus. The two Lords, whose pastimes are most magnanimous and attractive, were ornamented with jeweled necklaces and flower garlands, anointed with auspicious, fragrant substances, freshly bathed, and dressed in spotless raiment. They were the primeval Supreme Personalities, the masters and original causes of the universes, who had for the welfare of the earth now descended in Their distinct forms of Keśava and Balarāma. O King Parīkṣit, They resembled two gold-bedecked mountains, one of emerald and the other of silver, as with Their effulgence They dispelled the sky’s darkness in all directions.