H.H. Radha Raman Swami Maharaj_SB - 10.63.01-06_25.08.2024

ŚB 10.63.1
श्रीशुक उवाच
अपश्यतां चानिरुद्धं तद्बन्धूनां च भारत ।
चत्वारो वार्षिका मासा व्यतीयुरनुशोचताम् ॥ १ ॥
śṛī-śuka uvāca
apaśyatāṁ cāniruddhaṁ
tad-bandhūnāṁ ca bhārata
catvāro vārṣikā māsā
vyatīyur anuśocatām
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; apaśyatām — who did not see; ca — and; aniruddham — Aniruddha; tat — His; bandhūnām — for the relatives; ca — and; bhārata — O descendant of Bharata (Parīkṣit Mahārāja); catvāraḥ — four; vārṣikaḥ — of the rainy season; māsāḥ — the months; vyatīyuḥ — passed; anuśocatām — who were lamenting.

Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O descendant of Bharata, the relatives of Aniruddha, not seeing Him return, continued to lament as the four rainy months passed.

ŚB 10.63.2
नारदात्तदुपाकर्ण्य वार्तां बद्धस्य कर्म च ।
प्रययु: शोणितपुरं वृष्णय: कृष्णदैवता: ॥ २ ॥
nāradāt tad upākarṇya
vārtāṁ baddhasya karma ca
prayayuḥ śoṇita-puraṁ
vṛṣṇayaḥ kṛṣṇa-daivatāḥ
Synonyms
nāradāt — from Nārada; tat — that; upākarṇya — hearing; vārtām — news; baddhasya — about Him who was captured; karma — actions; ca — and; prayayuḥ — they went; śoṇita-puram — to Śoṇitapura; vṛṣṇayaḥ — the Vṛṣṇis; kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; daivatāḥ — having as their worshipable Deity.

Translation
After hearing from Nārada the news of Aniruddha’s deeds and His capture, the Vṛṣṇis, who worshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa as their personal Deity, went to Śoṇitapura.

ŚB 10.63.3-4
प्रद्युम्नो युयुधानश्च गद: साम्बोऽथ सारण: । नन्दोपनन्दभद्राद्या रामकृष्णानुवर्तिन: ॥ ३ ॥ अक्षौहिणीभिर्द्वादशभि: समेता: सर्वतोदिशम् । रुरुधुर्बाणनगरं समन्तात् सात्वतर्षभा: ॥ ४ ॥
pradyumno yuyudhānaś ca
gadaḥ sāmbo ’tha sāraṇaḥ
nandopananda-bhadrādyā
rāma-kṛṣṇānuvartinaḥ
akṣauhiṇībhir dvādaśabhiḥ
sametāḥ sarvato diśam
rurudhur bāṇa-nagaraṁ
samantāt sātvatarṣabhāḥ
Synonyms
pradyumnaḥ yuyudhānaḥ ca — Pradyumna and Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki); gadaḥ sāmbaḥ atha sāraṇaḥ — Gada, Sāmba and Sāraṇa; nanda-upananda-bhadra — Nanda, Upananda and Bhadra; ādyāḥ — and others; rāma-kṛṣṇa-anuvartinaḥ — following Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa; akṣauhiṇībhiḥ — with military divisions; dvādaśabhiḥ — twelve; sametāḥ — assembled; sarvataḥ diśam — on all sides; rurudhuḥ — they besieged; bāṇa-nagaram — Bāṇāsura’s city; samantāt — totally; sātvata-ṛṣabhāḥ — the chiefs of the Sātvatas.

Translation
With Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa in the lead, the chiefs of the Sātvata clan — Pradyumna, Sātyaki, Gada, Sāmba, Sāraṇa, Nanda, Upananda, Bhadra and others — converged with an army of twelve divisions and laid siege to Bāṇasura’s capital, completely surrounding the city on all sides.

ŚB 10.63.5
भज्यमानपुरोद्यानप्राकाराट्टालगोपुरम् ।
प्रेक्षमाणो रुषाविष्टस्तुल्यसैन्योऽभिनिर्ययौ ॥ ५ ॥
bhajyamāna-purodyāna-
prākārāṭṭāla-gopuram
prekṣamāṇo ruṣāviṣṭas
tulya-sainyo ’bhiniryayau
Synonyms
bhajyamāna — being broken; pura — of the city; udyāna — the gardens; prākāra — elevated walls; aṭṭāla — watchtowers; gopuram — and gateways; prekṣamāṇaḥ — seeing; ruṣā — with anger; āviṣṭaḥ — filled; tulya — equal; sainyaḥ — with an army; abhiniryayau — went out toward them.

Translation
Bāṇāsura became filled with anger upon seeing them destroy his city’s suburban gardens, ramparts, watchtowers and gateways, and thus he went out to confront them with an army of equal size.

ŚB 10.63.6
बाणार्थे भगवान् रुद्र: ससुत: प्रमथैर्वृत: ।
आरुह्य नन्दिवृषभं युयुधे रामकृष्णयो: ॥ ६ ॥
bāṇārthe bhagavān rudraḥ
sa-sutaḥ pramathair vṛtaḥ
āruhya nandi-vṛṣabhaṁ
yuyudhe rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ

Translation
Lord Rudra, accompanied by his son Kārtikeya and the Pramathas, came riding on Nandi, his bull carrier, to fight Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa on Bāṇa’s behalf.

Purport
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī states that the word bhagavān is used here to indicate that Lord Śiva is by nature all-knowing and thus well aware of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s greatness. Still, although Śiva knew Lord Kṛṣṇa would defeat him, he joined the battle against Him to demonstrate the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura states that Lord Śiva entered the battle for two reasons: first, to increase Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure and enthusiasm; and second, to demonstrate that the Lord’s incarnation as Kṛṣṇa, although enacting humanlike pastimes, is superior to other avatāras, such as Lord Rāmacandra. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī further states in this regard that Yoga-māyā, Lord Kṛṣṇa’s internal potency, bewildered Lord Śiva just as she had bewildered Brahmā. In support of this statement, the ācārya cites the phrase brahma-rudrādi-mohanam from Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu. Of course, Yoga-māyā’s job is to make fine arrangements for the Lord’s pastimes, and thus Śiva became enthusiastic to battle the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.

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