VRAJA VILASA STAVA, VERSE 12:
udyac-chubhrAMzu koTi dyuti nikara tiraskAra-kAryujjvala zrIr
durvAroddAma dhAma prakara ripu ghaTonmAda vidhvaMsi gandhaH
snehAd apyunnimeSaM nijam anujam ito’raNya-bhUmau sva-vItam
tad viryajJo’pi yo na kSaNam upanayate staumi taM dhenukArim
“I praise Sri Baladeva, the enemy of Dhenukasura, whose body shines brightly white like millions of rising moons, who easily destroys even a whiff of the false ego of His invincible turbulent enemies, who, out of great affection, does not leave His naughty little brother Krishna out of His sight for even a moment when They out into the woods, and who treats Krishna with this affection despite knowing about His divine prowess.”Sri Ananta Dasji’s Stavamrita Kana Vyakhya: Sripada Raghunatha attains a stream of transcendental visions of the ecstatic activities of the Vraja-companions that are as grave as millions of oceans. The self manifest forms and attributes of the Vraja-companions automatically arise in Sri Raghunatha’s heart, which is illuminated by visuddha sattva (transcendence). In this verse he mentions and praises some of the forms and qualities of Sri-Sri Baladeva, whose body is nondifferent from Sri Krishna’s. First of all he says: udyac-chubhrAMzu koTi dyuti nikara tiraskAra-kAryujjvala zrIH – “His body has a white luster that defeats the shining of millions of rising moons.” By comparing His body with millions of moons he has revealed its elegance and beauty. Sri Rupa Gosvami has written:
nIla vastra paridhAno vanamAla virAjitah
dIrgha kezaH sulAvaNyaz cUdA cArur manohara;
ratna kuNDala yugmaM ca karma-yugme virAjitam
nAnA puSpa maNihAraH kaNTha-deze suzobhitaH;
keyUra balayau yugmau bAhu-yugme virAjitau
ratna nUpura yugmaM ca pAda yugme suzobhitam;
vasudevaH pitA tasya mAtA ca rohini bhavet
(Sri Sri Radha-Krishna Ganoddega Dipika - 70)
“Sri Balarama’s bodily luster is white like crystal and because of His great physical strength He is named Balarama. He wears a blue dhoti, He is beautified by a garland of forest flowers, He has long hair, He is filled with beauty and elegance, His crown is beautiful and enchanting, both His ears are beautified by jeweled earrings, His neck is adorned with different flower garlands and jewel strings, His arms are beautified by bangles and bracelets and His lotus feet are decorated with jeweled ankle bells. His father’s name is Vasudeva and His mother’s name is Rohini”
When Sri Gargacarya performed the name-giving ceremony he also mentioned Sri Baladeva’s forms, qualities and strength:
AkhyAsyate rAma iti balAdhikyAd balaM viduH
yadUnAm apRthag-bhAvAt saGkarSaNam uzanty api
(Bhagavata 10.8.12)
“This son of Rohini has three names, Rama, Baladeva and Sankarsana. Because He delights His relatives with His different attributes He is named Rama, because of His extraordinary strength He is named Bala, and because He manages to keep the Yadavas united in heart and mind He is called Sankarsana.”
Hence Sri Baladeva is an ocean of beauty, attributes and strength. Sri Raghunatha said: durvAroddAma dhAma prakara ripu ghaTonmAda vidhvaMsi gandhaH – “He can easily destroy even a whiff of pride of all His powerful and turbulent enemies.” In Vraja Sri Krishna is lila purusottama, who mainly advented Himself to relish the mellows of sweet pastimes, that are free from even the slightest whiff of majesty and prowess, with His Vraja-companions. The killing of demons and the lightening of the burden of the earth is not the duty of the Original Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna. If Sri Krishna is still seen killing demons then it is done by Sri Visnu through the transcendental appearance of Sri Krishna.
sthiti-kartA viSNu karena jagat-pAlana
kintu kRSNera yei haya avatAra-kAla
bhAra-haraNa-kAla tAte ha-ila mizAla
pUrNa bhagavAn avatare yei kAle
Ara saba avatAra tAGte Asi’ mile
nArAyaNa, catur-vyUha, matsyAdy-avatAra
yuga-manvantarAvatAra, yata Ache Ara
sabe Asi’ kRSNa-aGge haya avatIrNa
aiche avatare kRSNa bhagavAn pUrNa
ataeva viSNu takhana kRSNera zarIre
viSNu-dvAre kare kRSNa asura-saMhAre
(Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi-lila, 4)
“The duty of the Original Lord is not to relieve the burden of the earth, for it is the maintainer Visnu who protects the universe. But when it was Krishna’s time to descend, the time to relieve the burden of the earth had also come. When the complete Personality of Godhead descends, all the other descenscions appear in and with Him. Thus Narayana, the quadruple phalanx (Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha), the ten descensions beginning with Matsya, the Yuga-avataras (scheduled descensions) and the Manvantaras all descended along within Sri Krishna’s transcendental body. In this way the Krishna-descension is the complete God. Therefore it was through Visnu that Krishna killed all the demons (during His Vraja-pastimes).”
Just as Krishna destroys the demons through Lord Visnu, similarly He arranges for the manifestation of His elder brother Baladeva’s glories by making Him destroy all kinds of turbulent and powerful demons. Thus Sri Baladeva easily killed demons like Dhenukasura and Pralambasura, that are so powerful that even the demigods could not defeat them, in the course of His playful sports. In this connection Sri Suka Muni has said:
ota-protam idaM yasmiMs tantuSv aGga yathA paTaH
(Bhagavata 10.15.36)
“O King! This killing of Dhenukasura was no miracle for the almighty Balarama, for He is the Lord of the Universe, in whom this universe is woven, warp and woof, as a piece of cloth in the threads!”
The purport of this verse is that Sri Balarama is the Lord of all the universes, He is the second form of the Original Lord Sri Krishna and the root manifestation of Sankarsana; hence He is essentially nondifferent from Sri Krishna. The fragment of this Sankarsana is the first purusavatara, Mahavisnu, from Whom the innumerable universes emanate and the innumerable divine descensions like Matsya and Kurma advent. The fragment of the fragment of this Sankarsana is the purusa that oversees all the living entities; hence He is the controller and regulator of the whole creation. Nothing is impossible for Him to accomplish. During the Great Dissolution He retracts innumerable universal globes, that all dissolve into Him. Is it so miraculous for Him to destroy a few insignificant demons? Therefore, in the terms of human(-like) pastimes this power to destroy demons is described as being verily miraculous, but considering the majestic pastimes of the Lord, this is just a trifling matter. nara-lIlAyaiva kRtam ityAzcaryatvena varNyate na tu aizvarya-lIlayetyAha naitad iti (Vaisnava Tosani).
Finally Sri Raghunatha says: snehAd apyunnimeSaM nijam anujam ito’raNya-bhUmau sva-vItam tad viryajJo’pi yo na kSaNam upanayate “..who, out of great affection, does not leave His naughty little brother Krishna out of His sight for even a moment when They go out into the woods, and who treats Krishna with this affection despite knowing about His divine prowess.” Baladeva’s rasa is one of pure friendship mixed with parental concern. yara bhava - zuddha sakhya vAtsalyAdimaya (C.C.) Baladeva shows such affection for Sri Krishna on the strength of His feelings of friendship mixed with great parental love. According to the amount of His devotee’s love the Lord reveals His quality of being subdued by the devotee, and thus Sri Krishna also displays the utmost devotion to His elder brother Baladeva. In Srimad Bhagavata it is described that Krishna once went into the woods of Vraja and praised His brother there as follows:
pAdAmbujaM te sumanaH-phalArhaNam
namanty upAdAya zikhAbhir Atmanas
tamo-’pahatyai taru-janma yat-kRtam
ete ’linas tava yazo ’khila-loka-tIrthaM
gAyanta Adi-puruSAnupathaM bhajante
prAyo amI muni-gaNA bhavadIya-mukhyA
gUDhaM vane ’pi na jahaty anaghAtma-daivam
nRtyanty amI zikhina IDya mudA hariNyaH
kurvanti gopya iva te priyam IkSaNena
sUktaiz ca kokila-gaNA gRham AgatAya
dhanyA vanaukasa iyAn hi satAM nisargaH
dhanyeyam adya dharaNI tRNa-vIrudhas tvat-
pAda-spRzo druma-latAH karajAbhimRSTAH
nadyo ’drayaH khaga-mRgAH sadayAvalokair
gopyo ’ntareNa bhujayor api yat-spRhA zrIH
(Srimad Bhagavata 10.15.5-8)
“O best of the gods! Those trees that took their low birth because of offenses committed in their previous lives are taking fruits and flowers onto their branch-like heads and offer obeisances to Your lotus feet to become freed from these offenses. You are concealing Your real form here in Vrndavana to become carried away by childhood games, but still the great devotee-saints have discovered You and like bumblebees they wander around singing Your glories, that sanctify the world. When the peacocks see You they dance in topmost bliss and the does lovingly gaze at You just like the gopis. The cuckoos respectfully address You with their sweet songs, because it is the nature of the saints to greet guests who come to their houses. The earth and its grass and bulbs have become blessed by the touch of Your feet, the trees and vines have become blessed by the touch of Your fingers when You pick their flowers, and the gopis have become blessed by the touch of Your chest, which is coveted even by the goddess of fortune!”
Sri Baladeva shows similar affection towards His younger brother Sri Krishna. He won’t let Krishna out of His sight for even a moment when They ramble in the woods. Mother Yasomati also places Sri Krishna in the hands of Baladeva before they enter into the woods to keep her Gopala protected.
minati koriye to sabare
vana gata ati dUra, nava tRna kuzAGkura
gopAla loiyA nA yAiho dUre.
“Listen, O Sridama, Sudama, Dama and Balarama! I beg you all: Don’t take Gopala too deep into the forest, where there are new Kusa-sprouts and fresh grass!”
dhIre dhIre koriho gamana.
nava tRnAGkura Age, rAGga pAya nAhi lAge,
prabodha nA mAne mAyera mana
“Keep Gopala always in between the cowherd boys, who should walk before and behind Him, and walk slowly. Take care that His reddish lotus feet are not injured by fresh grass and sprouts! Don’t you care about mother’s worries?”
tomAre saMpiyA rAma, kichui sandeha nAi
tamu prANa koroye vyAkulI
“O Gopala, puppet of my heart! I place You in Balarama’s care, so there is nothing to worry about, but still my heart is filled with anxiety!”
Although Baladeva is aware of all of Sri Krishna’s divine prowess, out of great affection He is still always worried about Him in the sweet human-like pastimes. This is the nature of pure love, therefore such worries about the beloved’s welfare and safety are in place in the sweet Vraja-pastimes. Sri Raghunatha says: staumi taM dhenukArim – “I praise this Baladeva, the killer of Dhenukasura.”
durdAnta pratApa-ripu mAne parAbhava
araNya pradeze zuddha sneha anugata
caJcala govinda saGge vihare satata
zrI kRSNera bala vIrya parijJAta hoiyA
sadA zikSA dena jini anuja boliyA
sei dhenukAri vIra zrI baladeve
sadA stuti kori Ami ApanA zodhite
“Just to purify myself I always praise the heroic killer of Dhenukasura, Sri Baladeva, whose bodily luster defeats the shining of millions of moons, who destroys the pride of His turbulent and powerful enemies, who always plays with pure affection with naughty Govinda in the woods, who is aware of Sri Krishna’s power and potency, but who still gives Him instructions, considering Him His younger brother.”
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