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ŚB 10.78.40

Devanagari

ततश्च भारतं वर्षं परीत्य सुसमाहित: ।
चरित्वा द्वादश मासांस्तीर्थस्‍नायी विशुध्यसि ॥ ४० ॥

Text

tataś ca bhārataṁ varṣaṁ
parītya su-samāhitaḥ
caritvā dvādaśa-māsāṁs
tīrtha-snāyī viśudhyasi

Synonyms

tataḥ — then; ca — and; bhāratam varṣam — the land of Bhārata (India); parītya — circumambulating; su-samāhitaḥ — in a serious mood; caritvā — performing penances; dvādaśa — twelve; māsān — months; tīrtha — at holy places of pilgrimage; snāyī — bathing; viśudhyasi — You will be purified.

Translation

Thereafter, for twelve months, You should circumambulate the land of Bhārata in a mood of serious meditation, executing austerities and bathing at various holy pilgrimage sites. In this way You will become purified.

Purport

Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī points out that the word viśudhyasi means that Lord Balarāma would achieve spotless fame by setting such a perfect example for the people in general.

Śrīla Prabhupāda writes: “The brāhmaṇas could understand the purpose of the Lord, and thus they suggested that He atone in a manner which would be beneficial to them.”

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Seventy-eighth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Killing of Dantavakra, Vidūratha and Romaharṣaṇa.”