338 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 5

PURPORT

Vasudeva and Nanda Maharaja were so intimately connected that they
lived like brothers. Furthermore, it is learned from the notes of Sripada
Madhvacarya that Vasudeva and Nanda Maharaja were stepbrothers.
Vasudeva’s father, Sarasena, married a vaisya girl, and from her Nanda
Maharaja was born. Later, Nanda Maharaja himself married a vaisya
girl, Yasoda. Therefore his family is celebrated as a vaisya family, and
Krsna, identifying Himself as their son, took charge of vaisya activities
(krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam). Balarama represents plowing the land for
agriculture and therefore always carries in His hand a plow, whereas
Krsna tends cows and therefore carries a flute in His hand. Thus the two
brothers represent krsi-raksya and go-raksya.

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tam drstvad sahasotthaya
dehah pranam ivagatam

pritah priyatamam dorbhyam
sasvaje prema-vihvalah

tam—him (Vasudeva); drstvd—seeing; sahasd—suddenly; uttha-
ya—getting up; dehah—the same body; pranam—life; iva—as if;
dgatam—had returned; pritah—so pleased; priya-tamam—his dear
friend and brother; dorbhyam—by his two arms; sasvaje—embraced;
prema-vihvalah—overwhelmed with love and affection.

TRANSLATION

When Nanda Maharaja heard that Vasudeva had come, he was
overwhelmed with love and affection, being as pleased as if his
body had regained its life. Seeing Vasudeva suddenly present, he
got up and embraced him with both arms.

PURPORT

Nanda Maharaja was older than Vasudeva. Therefore Nanda Maharaja
embraced him, and Vasudeva offered him namaskara.
